The movie is about these two people who are married, but the wife is not too happy with the marriage. She is sneaking around the house and going on dates, making the husband very suspicious. The husband runs around asking her friends to see if they know anything and follows here everywhere. He is finally able to confirm the fact that she is cheating on him. Instead of confronting her at first, however, he decides that he would sabotage all the dates that she goes on with this other man (i.e.: dressing up as their waiter and spilling drinks all over them). Eventually the wife catches on that it is her husband doing all the sabotage and they talk it out. The movie ends happily with the couple working things out and having a successful marriage because she realized again why she fell in love with him in the first place.
Because this movie has so many scenes and different ambiances that we are trying to create, we thought that going with Warner Brothers would be our best bet. This studio is known to be more dialogue-oriented which is helpful for our film because it will help the audience to understand what is going on. The dialogue will help to express the emotions of the characters and to lose some of the confusion of what might be happening during each scene. Warner Brothers is also known for using a realistic style and targeting social issues. The main issue we are trying to get across to the audience is the concept of gender equality. It shows that women are also capable of doing things outside of just being a housewife. They also have expectations that they hope to have met and they can also pull tricks out of their sleeves. Also, during this time period the thought of a divorce is a bit iffy to the audience. With the ending we included, we hoped that this would show that marriage has a strong bond that can overcome any obstacle that comes in its way.
This movie would be a black and white film in order to focus more on the cinematography and editing of the film. We will incorporate quick cuts so to help the audience stay engaged and to help make the pacing of the movie seem fast. It will be most evident during the sabotaging scenes because it allows the audience to see all the actions taking place at the time with the wife on the date and how the husband is going to sabotage them.
For this film, we chose Ray Enright to be the director and Conrad A. Nervig to be the editor. We chose Enright because he works with Warner Brothers and he is known for making fast-paced style movies. Nervig also won an Academy Award which appeals to us because it means that he is good at what he does. Our two main stars would be Myrna Loy, who plays the wife, and James Cagney, who plays the husband. We chose Cagney because he is known to be very energetic and humorous. Loy usually plays exotic roles since she looks foreign which will help to ease some of the tension of the audience because it will make them think that American women would never cheat. Cary Grant would be the guy that Mryna cheats with; he was chosen mostly because he is known for his dashing good looks.Through the making of this movie, the Hays Code does not completely prohibit us from shooting many scenes. The main thing that might be frowned upon, however, is the fact that a woman is cheating on her husband; therefore, she is being an unfaithful person. This leads to the thought of having an unsuccessful marriage, which might get us in trouble since it portrays the wrong ideas to the audience. However, we do make sure we do not violate this code completely by not including kissing scenes or any other scenes that gives a sense of sexual tension between two people.
Overall, I do not disagree with any of the decisions that we made for this movie. We decided most of the details as a group, so I am happy with our choices.
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