The Flame of New Orleans (1941) on Netflix
Countess Claire Ledoux comes to New Orleans to marry Charles Giraud, a wealthy banker. A staged faint at the opera wins his notice. Riverboat captain Robert Latour overturns her carriage.
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Plot summary
Claire Ledoux arrives in New Orleans determined to marry Charles Giraud, a rich banker. At the opera she takes the seat beside him and fakes a faint; he rushes to her rescue. Charles sends his valet to her maid Clémentine with a message asking Claire to meet him in the park. Claire and Clémentine plan for a hired man to harass her there so that Charles can come to her aid. On the way, her carriage runs over a monkey belonging to Robert Latour, a riverboat captain. Clémentine mistakes him for the man they hired and tells the driver to ignore him; Latour tips the carriage over. Charles, stood up and denied his chance to help, vows to avenge the insult. At a Mardi Gras festivity Claire points Latour out to him, and Charles challenges the captain to a duel.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
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- Marlene Dietrich and her co-star Bruce Cabot feuded while making the film; she later called Cabot 'an awfully stupid actor, unable to remember his lines or cues.'
- Hal Wallis said George Raft 'made a lot of noise' trying to win the male lead opposite Dietrich, but the studio that held his contract, Warners, would not let him take it.
- During filming the Hays Office worried about the film, partly because Clair was French and Dietrich played a woman of ill repute; Clair shot contested scenes two ways so producer Pasternak would have an alternative.
- The box-office failure of the film, along with Pasternak's Nice Girl and A Little Bit of Heaven, made Universal difficult about his budgets and helped push the producer to leave the studio for MGM.
