{"id":25423,"date":"2012-04-23T09:38:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T16:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25423"},"modified":"2020-12-19T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T19:17:21","slug":"bohemian-girl-the-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25423","title":{"rendered":"Bohemian Girl, The (1936)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I can gyp that gypsy any time.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Poster-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Poster.jpg 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe two-timing wife (Mae Busch) of a gullible gypsy con-artist (Oliver Hardy) runs away with her lover (Antonio Moreno), leaving behind the kidnapped daughter (Darla Hood) of a local count (William P. Carleton). Arline (Hood) is raised by Hardy and his business partner (Stan Laurel), and even as a young woman (Julie Bishop) has no idea about her true identity.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Con-Artists<\/li>\n<li>Cuckolds<\/li>\n<li>Gypsies<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Laurel and Hardy Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLaurel-and-Hardy fans are fond of defending this musical-comedy adaptation of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bohemian_Girl\">Michael William Balfe&#8217;s 1843 opera<\/a>, an innocuous melodrama which (not surprisingly) serves here as simply a narrative crutch for a series of semi-humorous L&#038;H sketch pieces. The songs are primarily forgettable ditties warbled by a sound-stage full of would-be gypsies, though one &#8212; as Bishop croons the lovely aria &#8220;I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls&#8221; (more recently covered by Enya) &#8212; stands out as enjoyable enough to merit mention. Mae Busch (as Hardy&#8217;s wife) has fun with her role as perhaps the ultimate two-timing shrew, brazenly flirting with her lover in front of Hardy, but she&#8217;s not really given enough screen-time. Ultimately, this one will quickly fade from memory; diehard L&#038;H fans will naturally want to check it out, but others can stay away. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>TBG<\/em> is notorious as the final film of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thelma_Todd\">Thelma Todd<\/a>, whose role was whittled away to hardly anything after her infamous &#8220;suicide&#8221; (considered by many to be murder). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bishop (dubbed) singing &#8220;I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Aria.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Aria.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Aria.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Aria-128x102.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Aria-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative visual effects at the very end<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Distorted.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Distorted.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Distorted.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Distorted-128x102.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Bohemian-Girl-Distorted-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is most definitely just for L&#038;H fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0027376\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1936\/02\/17\/archives\/messrs-laurel-and-hardy-in-a-slapstick-version-of-the-bohemian-girl.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/the-bohemian-girl\/review\/117480\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I can gyp that gypsy any time.&#8221; Synopsis: The two-timing wife (Mae Busch) of a gullible gypsy con-artist (Oliver Hardy) runs away with her lover (Antonio Moreno), leaving behind the kidnapped daughter (Darla Hood) of a local count (William P. Carleton). Arline (Hood) is raised by Hardy and his business partner (Stan Laurel), and even as a young woman (Julie Bishop) has no idea about her true identity. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Con-Artists Cuckolds Gypsies Kidnapping Laurel and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25423\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25423"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58476,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25423\/revisions\/58476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}