John Kent (Randolph Scott), a former star football player at Harvard, goes to Paris with his friend Huck Haines (Fred Astaire) and the latter's dance band, the Wabash Indianians. Alexander Voyda (Luis Alberni) has booked the band, but refuses to let them play when he finds the musicians are not the Indians he expected, but merely from Indiana (Huck Haines and his Indianians Band).
John turns to the only person he knows in Paris for help, his Aunt Minnie (Helen Westley), who owns the fashionable "Roberta" gown shop. While there, he meets her chief assistant (and secretly the head designer), Stephanie (Irene Dunne). John is quickly smitten with her.
Meanwhile, Huck unexpectedly stumbles upon someone he knows very well. "Countess Scharwenka", a temperamental customer at Roberta's, turns out to be his hometown sweetheart Lizzie Gatz (Ginger Rogers). She gets Huck's band an engagement at the nightclub where she is a featured entertainer.
Two things trouble John. One is Ladislaw (Victor Varconi), the handsome Russian deposed prince and doorman who seems too interested in Stephanie. The other is the memory of Sophie (Claire Dodd), the snobbish, conceited girlfriend he left behind after a quarrel over his lack of sophistication and polish.
When Aunt Minnie dies unexpectedly without leaving a will, John inherits the shop. Knowing nothing about women's fashion and that his aunt intended for Stephanie to inherit the business, he persuades Stephanie to remain as his partner. Correspondents flock to hear what a football player has to say about feminine fashions. Huck gives the answers, making a lot of weird statements about the innovations John is planning to introduce.
Sophie arrives in Paris, attracted by John's good fortune. She enters the shop, looking for a dress, but is dissatisfied with everything Stephanie shows her. Huck persuades her to choose a gown that John had ordered discarded as too vulgar. When John sees her in it, they quarrel for the final time.
John reproaches Stephanie for selling Sophie the gown. Terribly hurt, Stephanie quits the shop. With Roberta's putting on a fashion show in a week, Huck takes over the design work, with predictably bad results. When Stephanie sees his awful creations, she is persuaded to return to save Roberta's reputation.
The show is a triumph, helped by the entertaining of Huck, Countess Scharwenka, and the band. (A pre-stardom Lucille Ball, with platinum blond hair, appears uncredited in her first RKO film[4] as a model wearing an elaborate feather cape, after the vocal by Dunne, in the fashion show.[5]) The closing sensation is a gown modeled by Stephanie herself. At the show, John overhears that she and Ladislaw are leaving Paris and mistakenly assumes that they have married. Later, he congratulates her for becoming a princess. When she informs him that Ladislaw is merely her cousin and that the title has been hers since birth, the lovers are reunited. Huck and Lizzie, who decide to get married, do a final tap dance sequel.
阿莫多瓦拥抱好莱坞后显得很功利，但也很力不从心。试图以一种血缘的归属与否来叩击历史的留痕。可是对于那段历史所泛滥出的余光丝毫不见踪影，仅仅是作为一个叙事工具，使得好像更“电影”。在还没有理清楚辈分关系之时，就想着将最大奥义去呈现，太赶也太慌张。前半段的沉着部分有多精彩，后半段慌张段落就有多拉垮。
阿莫多瓦的奇情故事总能在后半段奇妙升华，以至于观众很难对前半程的狗血淋头有什么怨言。不能以受害者和施害者概论一切，既没有可原谅的缘由，也没有可咎责的对象，除了知晓真相，承担起自己的责任，别无他法，阿莫多瓦的“女性主义”莫过于此。法医人类学家是给予她孩子的人，也是帮助她寻根究底的工具，知道真相就能解除误会吗？这个表层故事叙述的太草率了，失去孩子的伤痛也弥合的太容易了。以及寻找被战争破坏的家族这个理由没继续深化，皮薄馅儿也不大。哎。
（ 7 / 10 ）Janis 对 Cecilia 基因的猜忌，呼应着西班牙人民对于民族血脉和历史记忆的模糊。而 Janis 的关键转变，在于她决定不再掩盖真相，把 Cecilia 还给 Ana 。这一 “交还” 的举动，寄托着阿莫多瓦希望西班牙历史真相不再沉默，不再被篡改、被掩盖的期许。在阿莫多瓦看来，一个国家的人民，尤其是年轻一代，只有直面历史真相，才有愈合伤口的可能；只有实现对民族身份与历史记忆的确认，才算是真正走向了成熟。
死去的孩子 错爱的孩子 即将诞生的孩子 一个国家的历史记忆与一个母亲的奇遇平行并置 日常化的场景却又充满了戏剧冲突 一众议题被自然的包裹进故事中 阿莫多瓦让完成这一切看起来如此轻松
房子装饰颜色搭配都超漂亮 到处都少不了花花 甚至arutio家桌上小杯子里也有一支漂亮的郁金香 俩女主搞在一起本来还挺带感的20岁女孩爱上40岁姐姐但这条线戛然而止了就 不过她们这种选择成为single mom很正常也普遍的观念真好 本来就该如此
用本片的台词来形容‘BORING’ 完全是奈飞式爽片 2亿成本的特效就这？武打套路 掺合一点黑幕 一点PTSD 一点女性力量 大家都好像不太聪明的样子 故事从黑夜到日出 以及帅哥的终点都是奶妈么hhh 碾转欧亚 在尚蒂伊城堡拍摄部分居然按上克罗地亚 是以为我们真的足不出户吗 不要把观众当傻子💢 桃总从美队到Lloyd黑得出油（您还是告别小胡子继续i can do this all day）四星因为2022依然在馋高司令不可以吗www 【日吹替：高司令/内田夕夜 桃总/肉村】
“We should all be feminists.” “无声的历史并不存在。”
看到最后我强烈困惑是不是看了个基因检测公司的广告？？？这两条线也太平行了吧？？？最大的相通之处是基因采集这个步骤被拍得好瞩目……至于吗样本盒子还提那么久我还以为有剧情……
母爱和政治，两条平行线，没有连起来。母亲这条线的故事好看！
狗血故事和历史事件这2条线，隐喻交叉得无比割裂，用“母亲”这个大家都看得懂的所谓隐喻，其实就不叫“隐喻”，该叫“明说”了。
出现好男人了，摇身一变大学生思想政治教育电影
镜头和色调很喜欢。
Almodóvar这次太让人失望了，女主和安娜的感情线太单薄了，看到一半惊喜'地以为是les片，但结局真对不起封面。加入弗朗哥时期的内战元素极其刻意，就算不要这'一条线对'主线剧情也丝毫不影响，最后一个镜头多余到让我怀疑这是否是阿尔莫多瓦的影像。顺便提一句，导演根本不了解性少数，les并不是一气之下对男性复仇的产物，更不是你拿来博人眼球的招数，用这噱头用得跟吃了屎一样难受。
类似《如父如子》的故事 通过孩子的交换与失去探讨母亲的含义
一下子被海报吸引才走进电影院。剧情挺老套的了，阿莫多瓦最爱的狗血家庭伦理剧，基本都猜得出来大致走向，两条线割裂感很重，没有形成互文
又是一部关于记忆的电影 关于国家的记忆 割裂感主要来源于我不太了解那段历史 只从电影看 两个主线的关联性还是很强的 配色也是一如既往的艳丽 （看的太享受了）室内运镜缓慢平推感觉舒适 双人特写带有极强的情感 佩内洛普演的是真的好 阿莫多瓦对于女性创伤的追寻和法斯宾德搭配看简直完美 电影缺点是 阿莫多瓦的一贯作风用在这种双主线叙事上 还是有些乱且散 感觉真的没必要 【BFI - New releases】
血缘 亲子 历史 生命的终结和延续，能把这些联想在一起，也蛮厉害的。一贯的八点档情节剧般的构想，这次对东亚观众来说可能并不够奇情，而且在严肃厚重的历史面前失去了轻盈。
佩德罗·阿莫多瓦从不在自己的电影里耍花招、故弄玄虚、过度的渲染情绪。
狗血故事和历史事件这2条线，隐喻交叉得无比割裂，用“母亲”这个大家都看得懂的所谓隐喻，其实就不叫“隐喻”，该叫“明说”了。
女性、历史，较为生硬地拼贴在一起。人老了，或许都喜欢追溯历史吧。
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