The Private Life of Don Juan Page #5

Synopsis: What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan. When a jealous husband kills him, the real Don Juan sees a way to avoid jail and get some peace. He hides as Captain Mariano in a small town. After six months, he's ready to return to society: can he measure up to the legend, will women find him attractive, and what about Doña Dolores?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Alexander Korda
Production: Criterion Collection
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
UNRATED
Year:
1934
89 min
25 Views


- Those that are out want to get in.

Those that are in want to get out.

- [ All Laugh ]

[ Man ]

The Private Life of Don Juan.

Hey. Give me one.

Give me one.

- Two centavos.

- How much?

- Two centavos.

- Oh, too much.

Hmm.

You can have it for nothing.

Oh, you are a one

for bargains, aren't you?

Here. Here's your money.

Gonzales, you're not going?

Don't you want to play with me?

I want to play with Theresita.

Good night.

[ Sighs ]

[ Mouthing Words ]

Well, what sort of a fella was he?

I wish I could have taken

his morning chocolate to him.

Oh, as good as that, eh?

What strikes you most about him?

He seems to have given what they call

in references " great satisfaction.''

You know, there's something wrong with

nature to take a man like this from us.

Well, if he'd lived,

you possibly wouldn't have met him.

I would have hoped,

and that would have kept me going.

If he lived...

and if you met him?

I would have hesitated...

but it would only have been acting.

What are you looking for?

I was just wondering whether

I've ever seen a more...

beautiful figure.

- Have you?

- Yes.

But only once.

If you'd said you hadn't,

I had an answer for you.

- Tell it to me.

- No, it's rude.

- Tell it to me.

- No, not with the lights on.

[ Laughs ]

Don Juan would have liked you.

What do you know about Don Juan?

Oh, I knew him.

Who? Don Juan? No!

What was he like? How did he look?

Well, he - he wasn't, uh, unlike me.

[ Laughing ]

Oh, go on, Captain Mariano!

He was exactly like me.

And if I kiss you...

my kiss is like Don Juan's.

Well?

" When he seized her hand...

" it was as though a stream of hot lava

were running through her veins...

" and when he kissed her...

she felt a trembling delight

that swept away her senses.''

Well?

Hot lava? No!

[ Scoffs ]

I could kill you

for being so attractive.

Don't stop. Say more.

- Bring some wine up to my room.

- I can't. You bring some up to mine.

- When?

- In about half an hour.

Go now.

Good night, Captain Mariano.

Good night, Doa Anna.

- Oh, you look wonderful.

- Ah. Thank you, Captain Mariano.

Rosita, you can close up

and go to bed.

If you were mine

the rich man said

With a golden spoon

you should be fed

And you'd go to sleep

on a golden bed

Until the sun came up

in the morning

The rich man said

Then what have I

That you could be attracted by

The modest maid gave no reply

Until the sun came up

in the morning

What divine hair.

And those two lovely stars...

just a little frightened,

gazing at me.

[ Chuckles ]

You -You baffle me.

Once again I'm just a helpless child.

- I could kill you for being so attractive.

- [ Laughs ]

Go on, Captain Mariano.

You certainly know how to talk.

[ Chuckles ]

There is nothing

that I wouldn't say or do for you.

You mean it?

Uh, something gold like this too much?

What?

There's a lovely pair

in the shop across the road...

and they only cost five ducats.

And the other girl

in the caf has some.

You'll get the earrings in the morning.

- Rub harder.

- Good, master.

We'll have it off in no time.

I'm so happy.

And tell the cook I only want boiled fish

and stewed fruit for lunch.

Bravo, master.

- Get out my best clothes.

- Bravo, master.

At 5:
00 we run 10 miles.

Bravo, master!

It's too wonderful.

Here. Take those to Rosita.

Yes, master.

- Send Ricardo to dress me.

- Very good, master.

Hi. Rosita.

With Captain Mariano's compliments.

Oh! Did they cost five ducats?

- Six.

- Oh!

My, oh, my.

I've heard of men who wanted

something for nothing...

and others who bargained

something for something...

but a man that gives something

for nothing.

For nothing?

That a poor girl should get

something for nothing.

Why, the end of the world

must be near.

Ah. Leporello, have our things

packed immediately.

This is a pleasant surprise indeed.

Surprise? You didn't think I was going to spend

the rest of my life in this miserable inn.

[ Crowd Murmuring ]

Close it. Hurry. Hurry.

- Pedro.

- Yes, master?

- See that carriage?

- Yes, master.

- Find out her name and address.

- Very good, master.

Will you have your winter clothes

dispatched at once?

- No.

- You won't need your winter clothes.

Ricardo is, uh, packing them.

- Unpack.

- Don't you want to leave?

- No. We'll stay.

- You said you hated this place.

I adore this place.

Blackguard! Scoundrel!

- Blackguard! Dog! Scoundrel!

- Here, here, here, here, here, here.

Uh, this is my servant, sir,

and I'm most unhappy if he annoys you.

You rascal.

You clumsy lout!

How often have I told you

not to offend people?

- Get out of here!

- Yes, master.

I'm so sorry, sir.

Sir, I apologize.

You are very kind indeed, sir.

- I hope you will forgive me.

- Most certainly, sir.

Good day, sir.

Are you ready? Go.

- What did she say?

- That you're marvelous, master.

- Ah. What else?

- She sent you this.

- Does she know who I am?

- No. Look. Here.

Oh. " The Castle Montoro, west wing...

second tower,

room on the top floor.''

Bravo, master!

[ Whistles ]

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank me?

With such a reward.

What divine hair.

And those two lovely stars,

just a little frightened...

gazing at me.

Y-You baffle me.

Once again I'm just a... frightened child.

How divine.

Won't you come and sit down?

You look and speak

just like my dear father did.

He would have been

just about your age now...

but he would never have

been able to climb up here.

It's incredible at your age.

[ Thunder Rumbles ]

[ Gasps ]

My guardian keeps me here as a prisoner...

and Thomas doesn't know where I am.

- Thomas?

- Yes, Thomas.

He's in Seville.

So will you please

send a letter to him?

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

I write to tell him to come

because I love him.

I'll never love anyone else in the world.

So - So, will you please send it to him?

Or better still, take it to him.

Oh, please.

Please.

I love him, and he loves me.

- All right.

- Oh, how can I thank you?

Kiss me.

- Oh, no.

- Yes, like my father would kiss me.

I shall love you

till the last day of my life.

And I shall remember you

to the last day of my life.

Good-bye.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Woman ] If he can't come,

tell him to send me a lock of his hair.

- Did you say a lock of his hair?

- Yes.

Very well then.

A lock of his hair.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Sneezes ]

- [ Sneezes ]

- Oh, Captain Mariano. Captain Mariano.

- What have you been doing? Oh!

- Ah -

- [ Sneezes ]

- Oh! What a shame to get such a cold.

Dear, dear, dear. Men are like children.

They need someone to look after them.

- Oh! Your hat.

- [ Coughs ]

Uh, get me something -

[ Sneezes ]

to drink.

[ Sneezes ]

Hot.

Yes. I know what you want.

You know, Captain Mariano...

a man of your age ought to know...

that he needn't go out of the house...

to find something that he can get

just as well in the house.

I beg your pardon?

You're a nice man.

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Henry Bataille

Félix-Henri Bataille (4 April 1872 in Nîmes – 2 March 1922 in Rueil-Malmaison) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were popular between 1900 and the start of World War I. Bataille's parents died when he was young. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian to study painting, but started writing when he was 14. Henry wrote plays and poems, but after the success of his second play, La Lépreuse, he became a playwright exclusively. Bataille's early works explored the effects of passion on human motivation and how stifling the social conventions of the times could be. For example, Maman Colibri, is about a middle-aged woman's affair with a younger man. Later, Bataille would gravitate towards the theater of ideas and social drama. Bataille was also a theorist of subconscious motivation. While he did not use his theories in most of his own works, he influenced later playwrights such as Jean-Jacques Bernard and the "school of silence". more…

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