A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
1h 58min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 24 September 1942
Director: Julien Duvivier
Stars: see below
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035415/
bootleg; ok print
Added to the quest because of Robeson, who sings. No one dances.
The Laughton/Lanchester story is very effective both because of their performances and the writing. And the Robeson/Waters sequence is a pleasure, mostly because he (but not she) sings with the Hall Johnson Choir.
Anthology. Stars by story (thanks to IMDb reviewer Ron Oliver, 26 June 2004, "Check The Pockets For Fine Entertainment"):
- Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Palette, Robert Greig
- Henry Fonda, Cesar Romero, Ginger Rogers, Gail Patrick, Roland Young
- Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
- Edward G. Robinson, James Gleason, Harry Davenport, George Sanders
- W.C. Fields, Phil Silvers, Marcel Dalio, Margaret Dumont
- J. Carrol Naish, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Clarence Muse, Hall Johnson Choir
