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Heartbeat (1939 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Heartbeat' (Italian: 'Batticuore') is a 1939 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, John Lodge and Rubi D'Alma. It was remade in Hollywood as a 1946 film of the same title starring Ginger Rogers and Basil Rathbone.Ricci p.148
It was shot at the Cinecitt Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It is part of the tradition of White Telephone comedies.
Synopsis
In Paris a young woman working at a school for thieves attempts to pick the pocket of an aristocrat. Instead of turning her in he blackmails her into stealing a clock from an ambassador.
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* Ricci, Steven. 'Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 19221943'. University of California Press, 2008.
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