ShangLuda Admirable film.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

GManfred Didn't care for "A Scandal In Paris", but I love to hear George Sanders talk. It is a supercilious voice that reeks of upper class snobbery but so soothing to the ear. And here it is, as he has the leading role and is seldom off screen. You can almost hear him purring to Anne Baxter in "All About Eve"; "You're not Eve Harrington, you're Gertrude Schlussinsky". Terrific stuff.But "A Scandal In Paris" is a flawed picture and lacks verisimilitude, maybe because it's stagebound without a single outdoor scene and at times seems almost like an animated feature - claymation, or something. The phony backdrops are no help in this regard. The star gets great help from Gene Lockhart and Akim Tamiroff, especially Lockhart. This also may be the best role Carole Landis ever had, and she is gorgeous here.All the foregoing accounts for my rating, because as I said, I didn't care for it.

wes-connors A baby born in a Paris jail, twenty-something adult criminal George Sanders (as Eugene François Vidocq) escapes from a prison with his portly cell-mate Akim Tamiroff (as Emile Vernet). True to form, Mr. Sanders becomes a debonair jewel thief and elegant dresser. Remember, foppish powdered wigs are the height of fashion. Sanders spends time romancing scantily-clad singer-dancer Carole Landis (as Loretta) and love-struck heiress Signe Hasso (as Therese). The former lights up the screen in a fiery shadow dance and the latter likes to swim with her girlfriends in their undergarments...Sanders rises in Parisian society and is effective in some later parts of this overly-mannered, comic-laced crime adventure. However, the much admired character actor is not very engaging through most of the running time. Sanders is miscast as the swashbuckling French rogue. His neatly trimmed, bored, and suave British demeanor simply doesn't fit the part. Some strengths are director Douglas Sirk artfully setting up some scenes, the cute "little sister" performance essayed by Jo Ann Marlowe (as Mimi), and the choreographed acting of "Satan" the pet monkey. In the end, the monkey wins.**** A Scandal in Paris (7/19/1946) Douglas Sirk ~ George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Akim Tamiroff, Carole Landis

ian_ison Probably symbolising the Wheel of Fortune, a beautiful hand-cranked carousel in a pond features a couple of times towards the end of the film. Look for the rabbit seat which resembles the dog, Dougall, from the British Magic Roundabout stop-motion children's series. Here the church's St George vs Dragon stained glass tableau plays out in real life as the morality play on our freedom to choose right from wrong. Death & the Maiden are here, too, for those with the eyes to see. It seems that the first meeting of St George & his maiden happens at a rural bathing fountain where a serpent has lain hidden in this dress of one of the damsels bathing there. A strike from his riding crop dispatches that incarnation of the Beast but there will always be more. His other lady - seemingly more fair but dark at heart - dies when her jealous spouse disguised as a 'good fortune' manakin-selling beggar mistakes her attentions to a milliner's mannequin & shoots her out of the picture, so to speak. The delicate kiss of benediction which he gives to the girl whilst slipping quietly through her bedroom chamber may translate as a reverse Pygmalion touch where the spirit of St George transfers out of her dreams & into the rogue upon whom the chapel's window is styled.

whpratt1 Have always wanted to view this film starring George Sanders,(Eugene Francois Vidocq) along with Signe Hasso,(Therese De Pierremont) and Carole Landis ( Loretta). This film had plenty of comedy, drama and romance going on with sexy Loretta who doesn't mess around with Eugene Vidocq except when she lets him take her garter off her leg in those horse draw carriages in France years and years ago. Gene Lockhart,(Police Chief Richet) who marries Loretta and becomes a jealous lover and follows her throughout the streets of Paris with bird cages on his back. Gene Lockhart gave a great supporting role and was the father of June Lockhart in the series, "Lassie". Akim Tamiroff, (Emile Vernet) was a buddy to Eugene Vidocq and was another great thief and professional con-man who would steal a bind man of his pencils. It was great seeing Carole Landis looking so sexy and beautiful and who took her own life in 1948. This is a great Classic film from 1946 and well worth your time to view. Enjoy !