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Cluny Brown is a 1946 American romantic comedy film made by Twentieth Century-Fox starring Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones. It was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch following a screenplay written by Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt based on the 1944 novel by Margery Sharp .
A free-spirited parlor maid and a Czech refugee cause a stir in an English village with their unconventional ways. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones and Peter Lawford, this film is a witty, wacky and satirical masterpiece of comedy.
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- Comedy, Romance, War
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1946-06-02
Cluny Brown is a humorous coming of age novel by Margery Sharp, published in August 1944 by Collins in the UK and Little Brown in the US.
Sep 29, 2019 · Cluny Brown 1946 | Jennifer Jones - Comedy, Romance | Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Lubitsch's forgotten masterpiece, an irresistible comedy in the footsteps of Shakespeare's "Tempest".. ...more...
Jennifer Jones and Charles Boyer star as a rebellious maid and a refugee in this 1946 film set in England on the eve of World War II. The Criterion Collection offers a new 4K restoration, special features, and an essay by Siri Hustvedt.
- Cluny Brown
To teach her to stay within her social station, Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) is sent by her plumber uncle to work as a parlor maid in the country house of Sir Henry Carmel (Reginald Owen) and...
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- Comedy
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Cluny Brown. Margery Sharp, Ignacio Rived (Translator) 3.76. 2,274 ratings408 reviews. Cluny Brown sets out for Devonshire and the home of Lord and Lady Carmel after her uncle becomes convinced that she needs to go into service under a strict housekeeper in order to learn her place, quell her social aspirations, and prevent her from being seduced.