The Crystal Ball (film)

The Crystal Ball
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Elliott Nugent
Produced by	Buddy G. DeSylva
Written by	Steven Vas
Screenplay by	Virginia Van Upp
Starring	Ray Milland Paulette Goddard Gladys George
Music by	Victor Young
Cinematography	Leo Tover
Edited by	Doane Harrison
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	January 22, 1943
Running time	81 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million (US rentals)^[1]

The Crystal Ball is a 1943 film directed by Elliott Nugent.^[2] It stars Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard.^[3]

Plot

A maid, in cahoots with Madame Zenobia (Gladys George), a fake psychic, fools Jo Ainsly (Virginia Field) into believing Zenobia to be a gifted fortune teller.

Jo helps a young beauty queen, Toni Gerard (Paulette Goddard), find a job with Pop Tibbots (Cecil Kellaway) in an arcade. Toni ends up conspiring with Madame Zenobia to fool Jo's handsome attorney, Brad Cavanaugh (Ray Milland), into buying a piece of land.

The plan backfires when the land purchase gets Brad in trouble with the government. Toni, who has fallen for Brad, tries to persuade Zenobia to reveal her deceit, but Zenobia locks her in a closet and flees. Toni has to convince Brad that her love for him is real.

Cast

Ray Milland as Brad Cavanaugh
Paulette Goddard as Toni Gerard
Gladys George as Madame Zenobia
Virginia Field as Jo Ainsly
Cecil Kellaway as Pop Tibbots
William Bendix as Biff Carter

References

↑ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
↑ "The Crystall Ball". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
↑ http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/the-crystal-ball-v88325

External links

The Crystal Ball at the Internet Movie Database
The Crystal Ball at the American Film Institute Catalog
The Crystal Ball is available for free download at the Internet Archive
The Crystal Ball at AllMovie
The Crystal Ball at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Elliott Nugent

The Mouthpiece (1932)
Life Begins (1932)
Whistling in the Dark (1933)
Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
If I Were Free (1933)
She Loves Me Not (1934)
Two Alone (1934)
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
Enter Madame (1935)
Love in Bloom (1935)
College Scandal (1935)
Splendor (1935)
Wives Never Know (1936)
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
Professor Beware (1938)
Never Say Die (1939)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Nothing but the Truth (1941)
The Male Animal (1942)
The Crystal Ball (1943)
Up in Arms (1944)
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Welcome Stranger (1947)
My Girl Tisa (1948)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
The Great Gatsby (1949)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
My Outlaw Brother (1951)
Just for You (1952)

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