The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini is a 1934 American historical comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Frank Morgan, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Fay Wray, and Louis Calhern. It is set in Florence. The film was adapted by Bess Meredyth from the play The Firebrand of Florence by Edwin Justus Mayer.
Plot
Both the duke and duchess have an eye for beauty and other partners. The duke presently fancies a young woman who poses as an artist's model. The duchess has her eye on the famous artist, Benvenuto Cellini, who is in the palace making a set of gold plates to be used at ducal banquets. Cellini purportedly hypnotizes young women, and cuckolds the duke of Florence. The somewhat oblivious duke is loath to punish the young man because Cellini fashions gold wares for him, but throws him into the torture chamber. However, a goblet of poisoned wine solves the problem.
More details
| author | Bess Meredyth |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Florence |
| director | Gregory La Cava |
| editor | Barbara McLean |
| genre | comedy historical |
| keywords | benvenuto cellini poison torture chamber young man young woman young women |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck Raymond Griffith William Goetz |
| productionCompany | Twentieth Century Pictures |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | biographical |