{"id":72400,"date":"2021-06-02T00:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T07:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72400"},"modified":"2021-06-02T00:10:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T07:10:27","slug":"guardsman-the-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72400","title":{"rendered":"Guardsman, The (1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s a soldier she&#8217;s longing for.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Poster-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Poster-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Poster-700x1024.png 700w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Poster-184x270.png 184w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Poster.png 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn actor (Alfred Lunt) who is insanely jealous of his wife (Lynn Fontanne) pretends to be a Russian soldier wooing her, taking only his friend The Critic (Roland Young) into his confidences. Will his wife betray him &#8212; with himself?\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>Actors and Actresses<\/li>\n<li>Jealousy<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Roland Young Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Zasu Pitts Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLegendary acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were both nominated for Academy Awards for their leading roles in this adaptation of Ferenc Molnar&#8217;s comedic play about a husband so insanely jealous that he disguises himself as his wife&#8217;s suitor to catch her cheating. Does his ruse work? Well, that&#8217;s the crux of the somewhat limited storyline, so it wouldn&#8217;t be fair to say more; suffice it to say that it&#8217;s clear why audiences at the time would have enjoyed a talkie like this, though its current appeal remains simply as a curio, to see this beloved couple on screen together for the first and only time. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunt and Fontanne&#8217;s obvious chemistry together<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Still2.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An enjoyable closing shot<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-72404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Guardsman-Closing.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look if you&#8217;re curious to see Lunt and Fontanne. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0021931\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1931\/09\/10\/archives\/the-screen.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2564\/the-guardsman#articles-reviews?articleId=87850\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a soldier she&#8217;s longing for.&#8221; Synopsis: An actor (Alfred Lunt) who is insanely jealous of his wife (Lynn Fontanne) pretends to be a Russian soldier wooing her, taking only his friend The Critic (Roland Young) into his confidences. Will his wife betray him &#8212; with himself? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Actors and Actresses Jealousy Marital Problems Mistaken or Hidden Identities Play Adaptations Roland Young Films Romantic Comedy Zasu Pitts Films Review: Legendary acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72400\"> 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-72400","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\/72400","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=72400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72407,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions\/72407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}