The Cinema Museum, London

Kennington Talkies Presents The Good Fairy (1934)

Sun 17 Jul 2016 @ 15:00 · Events

The Good FairyThe Good Fairy is a 1935 romantic comedy film written by Preston Sturges, based on the 1930 play A jó tündér by Ferenc Molnár as translated and adapted by Jane Hinton, which was produced on Broadway in 1931. The film was directed by William Wyler and stars Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan and Reginald Owen.

The Good Fairy posterLuisa Ginglebusher (Sullavan) is a young, naive orphan who is given a job as an usherette in a Budapest movie palace. Detlaff (Owen), a waiter she meets in the theatre, takes her to an exclusive party where, to hold off the advances of Konrad (Morgan), a meat-packing millionaire a little too fond of drink, she picks a name from the phone book to be her “husband”, hoping to do a good deed and divert some of Konrad’s wealth to someone else.

When the lucky man, stuffy but poor Dr. Max Sporum (Marshall), gets a 5-year employment contract and a big bonus from Konrad, he thinks the millionaire is interested in him because of his ethical behavior, diligent hard work and integrity, but actually Konrad plans to send the “husband” to South America so that he will be free to seduce the girl. Many complications ensue when Luisa gets curious about Sporum, and pays him a visit.

Doors open at 14.30, for a 15.00 start.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.

TICKETS & PRICING

Tickets £6.

Advance tickets may be purchased from Billetto, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.
The Good Fairy