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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami is a 1947 American drama film directed by Albert Lewin. The film stars George Sanders as a ruthless cad who uses women to rise in Parisian society, co-starring Angela Lansbury and Ann Dvorak. It is based on the 1885 Guy de Maupassant novel Bel Ami. The film had a 1946 premiere in Paris, Texas.
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami: Directed by Albert Lewin. With George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, John Carradine. In 1880, in Paris, chance brought together two former comrades-in-arms - Charles Forestier, who had become a journalist for "La Vie française" - and Georges Duroy, idle since leaving the sixth regiment of hussars.
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- Drama
- Albert Lewin
- 1947-04-25
Private Affairs Of Bel Ami, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Clever Enough To Be Beautiful His motives questionable, newly-employed as a novice journalist, Parisian Duroy (George Sanders) has become interested in young widow Clotilde (Angela Lansbury), with an original song by Jack Lawrence and Irving Drutman, and sly conversation in a carriage, in writer-director Albert Lewin’s The Private ...
- Albert Lewin, Robert Aldrich, Reggie Callow
- George Sanders
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Released Apr 25, 1947 1h 52m Drama List Reviews 60% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Georges (George Sanders) is a womanizer out to increase his social status.
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- Albert Lewin
- Drama
- George Sanders
The latter, the oddest of Lewin’s films, is often considered his masterpiece, but Bel Ami is pretty good, too, thanks in large part to the two central performances. “It is not always easy to be a successful scoundrel.”. In 1880s Paris, Georges Duroy (George Sanders) rises slowly from being a penniless clerk to becoming a politically ...
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- United Artists, David L. Loew Productions
- Albert Lewin
T he Private Affairs of Bel Ami was the third of three literary adaptations by producer-director Albert Lewin, who directed just six films in the course of his career. W. Somerset Maugham and Oscar Wilde provided the source for Lewin's previous two films, The Moon and Sixpence (1942) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), whilst this one was based on the novella Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassa
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A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him. Albert Lewin. Director, Screenplay. Guy de Maupassant. Novel. Reviews. 0. 0. 1.
