Product Details

• Actors: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Danielle Darrieux
• Directors: Henry Koster
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Timeless Multimedia
• VHS Release Date: December 1, 1995
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630522658X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,163 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 50 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, March 27, 2006

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Tee (LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rage of Paris (DVD)

The above is the famous ad tag for Danielle Darrieux's American debut, noting her enormous popularity in her native France. They were right. THE RAGE OF PARIS is one of the greatest romantic comedy "screwball" films Hollywood made during the 1930's yet is surprisingly little known, probably because fans of the classic romantic comedies tend to stick to the queens of the genre (Colbert, Lombard, Arthur, Loy, etc.) and most of the actresses who made only one romantic comedy are pretty bad at it (ie: Crawford). Danielle Darrieux, on the other hand, is divine! The great French star came to America with much fan-fare to make this movie and went back home to France within months being homesick. It certainly was the American's screen loss because Mme. Darrieux certainly proves she could have been a major rival for Claudette Colbert's throne as the queen of romantic comedies. Danielle is every bit as enchanting here as that other French coquette and unlike Ms. Colbert she does not go for an Americanized personality, retaining a thoroughly French sensibility. Nobody can touch Claudette in this genre as far as I am concerned, but Danielle shows she might have come close. She certainly settled with a very nice consolation prize going back home and becoming the greatest female star in the history of French cinema and still active on the screen today (2002's EIGHT WOMEN) some seventy years after her screen debut!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars delightful 30s screwball comedy, November 19, 2005

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rage of Paris (DVD)

THE RAGE OF PARIS was ingenue Danielle Darrieux's official American film debut following years of being one of the top stars of the French cinema. A delightful film tailor-made for her talents, in which she plays a penniless model, Nicole de Cortillon, looking for work in New York, scooped off the streets by a pair of opportunists and used to ensnare a millionaire. Fine performances from a uniformly-strong cast including 30s screwball stalwarts Mischa Auer and Helen Broderick; and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as the love interest for Darrieux. And yes, that's a very young Mary Martin in a bit-part. Another fine release from Alpha (taken from a decent-quality print).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A clever, utterly wonderful romantic comedy, February 24, 2000

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This review is from: Rage of Paris [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Rage of Paris is a first-rate "battle of the sexes" romantic comedy, one of the best due to its rather sexy script and witty, highly visible chemistry between combatants Darrieux and Fairbanks, Jr. The premise may be a little dated (she's out to catch a rich husband with deception; he's out to save his best friend from falling into that trap) but that's the only part of the movie that is. The sparkling dialogue, a mixture of dagger witticisms and sweetness, and Darrieux's incredibly funny way of keeping just one mental step ahead of the man who's really falling for her... are such a treat to watch. A refreshingly clever, well-matched romantic pair. This movie really does improve with multiple viewings.