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Anything but frothy and rarely funny, the film turns a gay dog of an artist (Louis Jourdan) loose in the happy home of a stuffy, successful pediatrician (Dana Andrews) and his wife-receptionist (Lilli Palmer). Stung by the doctor's smug criticism of his art, the tempestuous painter cuts him down to size by trying-almost successfully-to break up his marriage. In the process, the picture tries-and always fails-to palm off drivel as drollery. Sample: a long, witless sequence in which the artist weeps for some lobsters that are boiled alive for the doctor...
...cocky, penniless young Parisian (Jean Pierre Aumont) with a romantic need, and a remunerative knack, for telling lies. He lands a job with a high-toned black marketeer and in no time arouses love or lust in all the boss's womenfolk-wife (Arlene Francis), daughter (Lilli Palmer), secretary (Doe Avedon). He himself goes for the daughter and takes all evening...
...role of the daughter, Lilli Palmer is called upon to be an unkissed, naive girl. Miss Palmer is a truly lovely, fresh thing to look upon, and reacts with the fiery bewilderment of you when she discovers the truth about her lover. She is especially good in the scene in which she proposes to him, reminiscent of Ingrid Bergman in her uncanonized days. Lawrence Fletcher as the father is a funny burlesque of the nouveau riche businessman...
...Girl lisa (Warner). Sam (Joan of Lorraine) Wanamaker's screen debut, with Lilli Palmer as his girl. They are Hungarian immigrants in New York in the era of Teddy Roosevelt (who also gets into the act). Some nice work by the leads, but most of this comedy drama is neither comical nor dramatic...
Body and Soul. John Garfield and Lilli Palmer in an exciting prizefight picture (TIME...