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About this movie. Georges (George Sanders) is a womanizer out to increase his social status. He attends a party with his friend Charles (John Carradine) and Charles' wife, Madeleine (Ann Dvorak). There, he meets Madeleine's friend Clotilde de Marelle (Angela Lansbury). Clotilde and Georges fall in love, but when Charles dies Georges marries ...
7/10. The Eternal Cad. bkoganbing 1 January 2007. The Private Affairs of Bel Ami gave George Sanders to play a leading role as Guy de Maupassant's gentleman cad who rises in Parisian society over the bodies of a number of seduced and abandoned women. Sanders is a former dragoon who uses his charm to acquire money and power and in the end a ...
He was unable to work for most of 1947, the year the filming of The Private Affairs of Bel Ami finished. This was the first role of Susan Douglas Rubeš who had to sign a seven-year contract or else she could not act in any more films. Signing actors and actresses for seven years was a common thing for studios to do at the time.
'The Private Affairs of Bel Ami' turns out to be a very good character study of a man who puts his ambition before lasting happiness. The cast is lead by George Sanders and Angela Lansbury in peak form with this drama. Olive Films has brought the film to Blu-ray in fine order with a very good A/V presentation.
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami 1h 52m Drama Directed By ... Cast is exceptionally strong and, under Lewin's skilled direction, is mostly responsible for the film's merits.
7/10. The Eternal Cad. bkoganbing 1 January 2007. The Private Affairs of Bel Ami gave George Sanders to play a leading role as Guy de Maupassant's gentleman cad who rises in Parisian society over the bodies of a number of seduced and abandoned women. Sanders is a former dragoon who uses his charm to acquire money and power and in the end a ...
