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That Uncertain Feeling (1985 Film)
That Uncertain Feeling may refer to: * ''That Uncertain Feeling'' (film), a 1941 American comedy directed by Ernst Lubitsch * ''That Uncertain Feeling'' (novel), a 1955 novel by Kingsley Amis * ''That Uncertain Feeling'' (TV series), a 1986 British television adaptation of the novel {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Uncertain Feeling (film)
''That Uncertain Feeling'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas and Burgess Meredith. The film is about the bored wife of an insurance salesman who meets an eccentric pianist and seeks a divorce. The screenplay by Walter Reisch and Donald Ogden Stewart was based on the 1880 French play ''Divorçons'' by Victorien Sardou and Émile de Najac. Plot At the suggestion of one of her friends, Jill Baker visits psychoanalyst Dr. Vengard for her intermittent hiccups, which appear when she gets nervous or irritated. He soon has her questioning her previously happy marriage to her business executive husband Larry. In Vengard's waiting room one day, Jill meets a very odd and individualistic pianist, Alexander Sebastian. He considers himself the best in the world when playing for a single listener, but has trouble performing in front of a large audience. She eventually invites him to an important dinner for Larry's prospective in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Uncertain Feeling (novel)
''That Uncertain Feeling'' is a comic novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1955. In 1961, the book was made into a film starring Peter Sellers, with the title changed to ''Only Two Can Play'', to avoid confusion with similar contemporary titles. It was also adapted by the BBC in 1986 as a television series, starring Denis Lawson and Sheila Gish Sheila Gish (born Sheila Anne Syme Gash; 23 April 1942 – 9 March 2005) was an English actress. For her role in the 1995 London revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical '' Company'', she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance ..., this time with the original title. Plot A satire on life and culture in a Welsh seaside town, the story concerns a married librarian who begins an affair with the bored wife of a local bigwig. Amis, an English incomer to Swansea in real life, mocks Wales's devotion to culture and learning as false and pretentious. In The Old Devils, one of the central characters, the writer Alun We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
