L'eterna illusione (1938)
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Alice, l'unico membro relativamente normale della eccentrica famiglia Sycamore, si innamora di Tony Kirby. Il suo ricco padre, un banchiere, e la madre snob disapprovano l'unione. Quando i Kirby sono invitati a cena per conoscere i futuri suoceri, le cose non vanno come Alice avrebbe sperato...
Scheda tecnica
Paese di origineUnited States of America
Data di uscita1 settembre 1938
RegistaFrank Capra
SceneggiatoriRobert Riskin
ProduttoriFrank Capra
MusicheDimitri Tiomkin
FotografiaJoseph Walker
MontaggioGene Havlick
DistributoreColumbia Pictures
Budget1.644.736 €
Incasso7.433.101 €
Generi
CommediaRomance
Cast Principale
Cast Completo
| Attore | Ruolo |
|---|---|
| Samuel S. Hinds | Paul Sycamore |
| Donald Meek | Mr. Poppins |
| H.B. Warner | Mr. Ramsey |
| Halliwell Hobbes | Mr. DePinna |
| Dub Taylor | Ed Carmichael |
| Mary Forbes | Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby |
| Lillian Yarbo | Rheba |
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | Donald |
| Clarence Wilson | John Blakely |
| Josef Swickard | Professor |
| Ann Doran | Maggie O'Neill |
| Christian Rub | Schmidt |
| Bodil Rosing | Mrs. Schmidt |
| Charles Lane | Henderson |
| Harry Davenport | Judge |
| Irving Bacon | Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited) |
| Ward Bond | Mike - the Detective (uncredited) |
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| James Burke | Chief Detective (uncredited) |
| Eddy Chandler | Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) |
| Anne Cornwall | Miss Jones - Blakely's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Nell Craig | Blakely's Inquisitive Office Worker (uncredited) |
| Edgar Dearing | Bill - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) |
| Pat Flaherty | Police Guard at Courtroom Entrance (uncredited) |
| Robert Greig | Lord Melville (uncredited) |
| Kit Guard | Inmate Wearing Black Cap (uncredited) |
| John Hamilton | Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited) |
| Edward Hearn | Court Attendant (uncredited) |
| Russell Hicks | Kirby's Attorney (uncredited) |
| Edward Keane | Board Member (uncredited) |
| Pert Kelton | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Edwin Maxwell | Kirby's Attorney (uncredited) |
| Frank McLure | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Charles McMurphy | Guard (uncredited) |
| James Millican | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Edward Peil Sr. | Neighbor Helping with Move (uncredited) |
| Ian Wolfe | Kirby's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Eugene Anderson Jr | Bobby (uncredited) |
| Stanley Andrews | Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment (uncredited) |
| William Arnold | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Johnny Arthur | Kirby's Office Aide (uncredited) |
| Frank Austin | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Harry A. Bailey | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Joseph E. Bernard | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Beatrice Blinn | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Charles Brinley | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Beatrice Curtis | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Betty Farrington | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| John Ince | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Stella LeSaint | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Margaret Mann | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Tina Marshall | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Eva McKenzie | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Fred Parker | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| George C. Pearce | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Ed Randolph | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Frances Raymond | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Bert Starkey | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Vernon | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Bess Wade | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Gladys Blake | Mary (uncredited) |
| Joe Bordeaux | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Stanley Brown | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Gloria Browne | Child Dancer (uncredited) |
| Wallis Clark | Bill Hughes (uncredited) |
| Chester Clute | Hammond (uncredited) |
| Nick Copeland | Barber (uncredited) |
| Dick Curtis | Strongarm Man (uncredited) |
| Sidney D'Albrook | Trustee (uncredited) |
| Lew Davis | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Lester Dorr | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Jack Gardner | Reporter (uncredited) |
| William Lally | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Gene Morgan | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Vernon Dent | Expressman (uncredited) |
| Kay Deslys | Woman (uncredited) |
| Florence Dudley | Woman (uncredited) |
| Almeda Fowler | Woman (uncredited) |
| Alice Keating | Woman (uncredited) |
| Georgia O'Dell | Woman (uncredited) |
| Dagmar Oakland | Woman (uncredited) |
| Rosemary Theby | Woman (uncredited) |
| Homer Dickenson | Man (uncredited) |
| Oliver Eckhardt | Man (uncredited) |
| Sterrett Ford | Man (uncredited) |
| Jesse Graves | Man (uncredited) |
| Louis King | Man (uncredited) |
| Bob Kortman | Man (uncredited) |
| Ralph McCullough | Man (uncredited) |
| Clive Morgan | Man (uncredited) |
| Cy Schindell | Man (uncredited) |
| Harry Semels | Man (uncredited) |
| Ernest Shields | Man (uncredited) |
| S.S. Simon | Man at Jail (uncredited) |
| Victor Travis | Man (uncredited) |
| Roland Dupree | Child Dancer (uncredited) |
| Edward Earle | Bank Manager (uncredited) |
| Jim Farley | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Eddie Fetherston | Worried Neighbor (uncredited) |
| James Flavin | Jailer (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | Kirby's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Dick French | Bank Clerk (uncredited) |
| Carlton Griffin | Bank Clerk (uncredited) |
| Dick Rush | Bank Guard (uncredited) |
| Bruce Sidney | Bank Clerk (uncredited) |
| Harry Stafford | Bank Clerk (uncredited) |
| Carlie Taylor | Bank Clerk (uncredited) |
| Joe Geil | Child Dancer (uncredited) |
| Billy Wolfstone | Child Dancer (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Guard (uncredited) |
| Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | Ice Man (uncredited) |
| Harry Hollingsworth | Doorman (uncredited) |
| Paul Irving | Office Manager (uncredited) |
| Boyd Irwin | Attorney to Kirby at Arraignment (uncredited) |
| Eddie Kane | Attorney to Kirby (uncredited) |
| Frank Mills | Trustee (uncredited) |
| Bruce Mitchell | Policeman in Park (uncredited) |
| Wedgwood Nowell | Diner (uncredited) |
| Blanche Payson | Matron (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| Hilda Plowright | Lady Melville (uncredited) |
| Doris Rankin | Mrs. Leach (uncredited) |
| Ky Robinson | Court Policeman (uncredited) |
| Frank Shannon | Mac (uncredited) |
| C.L. Sherwood | Drunk (uncredited) |
| Edwin Stanley | Executive (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | Court Bailiff (uncredited) |
| Laura Treadwell | Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited) |
| John Tyrrell | Strongarm Man (uncredited) |
| Walter Walker | Governor Leach (uncredited) |
| Pierre Watkin | Attorney to Kirby (uncredited) |
| Pat West | Expressman (uncredited) |
| Larry Wheat | Kirby's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Alex Woloshin | Russian General in Jail (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Martin's Neighbor in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Anderson | Porter in Bank (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Babb | Child Dancer (uncredited) |
| William A. Boardway | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Howard Davies | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Bill Dill | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Melvin J. Gibby | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Joseph Glick | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Jack Grant | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Beatrice Hagen | Woman (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Diner (uncredited) |
| Dick Johnstone | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Hilda Rhodes | Woman (uncredited) |
| Ruth Robinson | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Gale Ronn | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Nell Roy | Woman (uncredited) |
| Bee Stephens | Woman (uncredited) |
| Belle Stoddard | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Jane Talent | Woman (uncredited) |
| Patty Thomas | Child Dancer (uncredited) |
| Pearl Varvalle | Woman (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Weber | Woman (uncredited) |
| Bud Wiser | Policeman (uncredited) |
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Regno Unito26 set 1938Stati Uniti29 set 1938
Francia03 nov 1938
Svezia23 dic 1938
Brasile06 gen 1939
Giappone01 apr 1939
Irlanda21 apr 1939
Portogallo20 dic 1939
Ungheria02 apr 1941
Corea del Sud16 nov 1946
Austria31 gen 1947
Germania31 gen 1947
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