Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Novel: Margery Sharp Screenplay: Samuel Hoffenstein Elizabeth Reinhardt
Based on	Cluny Brown (novel)
Starring	Charles Boyer Jennifer Jones
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography	Joseph LaShelle
Edited by	Dorothy Spencer
Production company	Twentieth Century Fox
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release dates	May 1, 1946 (1946-05-01)
Running time	100 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Cluny Brown is a 1946 film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay was written by Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt, based on a novel by Margery Sharp. The music score is by Cyril J. Mockridge. The film stars Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones and is a satire on the smugness of British high society. It is the last film Lubitsch completed.

Synopsis

A plumber's niece (Jennifer Jones) and a refugee (Charles Boyer) meet in England prior to World War II, and Una O'Connor, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker, Reginald Gardiner, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, and Richard Haydn are around to take up what slack there is. Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) is a free spirit, who lives in the moment. She has been told, she has to learn her place, and in 1938 England there is much protocol and rules to follow. She has a difficult time not being able to be herself, until she meets Adam Belinski (Charles Boyer) who finds her spontaneity intoxicatingly refreshing. A plumber's niece, she has a fascination with plumbing and pipes which get her into trouble, as it is not lady like, and Uncle decides to send her into domestic service. From there things get even more fun.

Cast

• Charles Boyer as Adam Belinski
• Jennifer Jones as Cluny Brown
• Peter Lawford as Andrew Carmel
• Helen Walker as Betty Cream
• Reginald Gardiner as Hilary Ames
• Reginald Owen as Sir Henry Carmel
• C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Charles Duff Graham
• Richard Haydn as Jonathan Wilson
• Margaret Bannerman as Lady Alice Carmel
• Sara Allgood as Mrs. Maile
• Ernest Cossart as Syrette
• Florence Bates as Dowager at Ames' Party
• Una O'Connor as Mrs. Wilson
• Christopher Severn as Master Ronald Snaffle

Radio adaptation

Cluny Brown was presented on Star Playhouse November 15, 1953. The adaptation starred Celeste Holm.

See also

• Cluny Brown the Novel

External links

• Cluny Brown at IMDb
• Cluny Brown at AllMovie
• Cluny Brown at the TCM Movie Database
• Cluny Brown on Screen Directors Playhouse: November 23, 1950