Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
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Roger C. Carmel
- Zorgus
- (as Roger C Carmel)
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- TriviaMae West was originally offered the role of Madame Coco La Fontaine but the producers refused to let her write her own dialogue, so the part went to Ethel Merman.
- GoofsWhen Paul goes upstairs, he looks back at Nikki interacting with a patron of Coco La Fontaine's. As he turns to look over his shoulder, you can see what appears to be studio lighting equipment prominently taking up space on the right side of the frame.
- ConnectionsReferenced in What's My Line?: Ethel Merman (2) (1965)
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Jean-Francois Millet, not Gustave Courbet
Theowinthrop: "There is also a short story by Mark Twain entitled "IS HE DEAD?" about a plot to make a reputation for a prominent 19th Century artist, Gustave Courbet, by him pretending to be dead, and his paintings being sold for larger and larger amounts of cash so that the still living Courbet and his friends make a huge profit." It was Millet, the artist responsible for THE GLEANERS and other works, who faked his death in order to raise the value of his art. Twain later turned the scam into a play, IS HE DEAD?, which finally got discovered in 2002 and produced on stage in 2007.
That said, THE ART OF LOVE has long been one of my "Favorite Films I Haven't Seen in a Long Long Time." The lack of video release is depressing. Hopefully Universal will start a cable movie channel dedicated to its own films, much like Fox Movie Channel (a great place to see long-forgotten flicks like PRUDENCE AND THE PILL).
That said, THE ART OF LOVE has long been one of my "Favorite Films I Haven't Seen in a Long Long Time." The lack of video release is depressing. Hopefully Universal will start a cable movie channel dedicated to its own films, much like Fox Movie Channel (a great place to see long-forgotten flicks like PRUDENCE AND THE PILL).
- davidemartin
- Dec 30, 2007
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- Bei Madame Coco
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- Gross US & Canada
- $7,630,000
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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