That Uncertain Feeling

"It's a serious problem for a lady with the hiccups, and he is it!"

1941 1h 24m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 55

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

“It's a serious problem for a lady with the hiccups, and he is it!”

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Cast

Merle Oberon
Jill Baker
Melvyn Douglas
Larry Baker
Burgess Meredith
Alexander Sebastian
Alan Mowbray
Doctor Vengard
Olive Blakeney
Margie Stallings
Harry Davenport
Jones
Sig Ruman
Kafka (as Sig Rumann)
Eve Arden
Sally Aikens

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Writers: Donald Ogden Stewart, Emile DeNajac, Walter Reisch
Languages: Hungarian, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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85 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hungarian, English.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, shot by George Barnes. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor William Shea shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas and Burgess Meredith carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's a serious problem for a lady with the hiccups, and he is it!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ernst Lubitsch directs. George Barnes behind the camera. William Shea cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Hungarian, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
285 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hungarian, English.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, shot by George Barnes. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor William Shea shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas and Burgess Meredith carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It's a serious problem for a lady with the hiccups, and he is it!".
9IMDB entry: tt0034274 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: George Barnes
Editing: William Shea
Costume design: Irene
Sound: Arthur Johns
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

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CinemaSerf2022-04-04
★ 6/10
Merle Oberon is on quite good form here as the married "Jill" who has trouble with her hiccoughs. It is suggested that she goes to see a psychoanalyst to try and cure this rather embarrassing problem. Before she knows it, she is becoming disillusioned with her husband "Larry" (Melvyn Douglas) and after a chance meeting with equally flaky pianist "Alexander" (Burgess Meredith) nobody quite knows which way is up. I have to say that "Jill" rather wound me up, she's frankly a bit of a pain in the neck who is spoiled and short sighted. Meredith is almost as unlikeable - indeed they probably deserve each other - and I wondered if poor old "Larry" might just be better off out of it. The story flows quite well, though, and there is some humour to be had as their behaviour gradually descends in something farcical. It's an hard film to like, the characters are all pretty odious and self-serving, but the production and the dialogue contribute well to a film where the acting is actually pretty effective.

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