That Uncertain Feeling
About That Uncertain Feeling
Jill Baker's hiccups send her to Dr. Vengard, where she meets Alexander Sebastian, a pianist who says he plays best for one listener. She brings him to a dinner for her husband Larry's insurance client, and Larry agrees to a friendly divorce. Set to marry Alexander, she thinks Larry has another woman and goes back. Larry stages a fake girlfriend in the next room; his secretary Sally walks in, the trick fails, and Jill's hiccups stop.
Cast & crew
More about That Uncertain Feeling
Ernst Lubitsch directed and produced, with Sol Lesser also producing. Donald Ogden Stewart and Walter Reisch wrote the screenplay from the 1880 play Divorçons by Victorien Sardou and Émile de Najac. United Artists released it on April 20, 1941.
Themes
Look
George Barnes photographed it.
Music
Werner R. Heymann wrote the score. The Academy nominated it for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture.
Notes
- Merle Oberon is Jill, Melvyn Douglas is Larry Baker, and Burgess Meredith is Alexander.
- Alan Mowbray plays Dr. Vengard. Eve Arden is Sally Aikens. Sig Ruman is the client, Mr. Kafka. Harry Davenport is the lawyer Jones.
- Olive Blakeney, as Jill's friend Margie, is the one who sends her to the analyst.
- The story is set in New York.
Scenes
- Jill meets Alexander in Dr. Vengard's waiting room.
- Larry talks to an empty room as if Sally were crying there, and Sally walks in.
Also available
- Internet Archive (ThatUncertainFeeling)
- Wikimedia Commons (That Uncertain Feeling (1941).webm)
