Service de Luxe (1938)

★ 6.2 1h 25m IMDb

Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.

Service de Luxe

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Vincent Price
Vincent Price as Robert Wade Died 1993 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films. His career spanned other genres, including fi...
Constance Bennett
Constance Bennett as Helen Murphy Died 1965 · New York City, New York, USA Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American actress. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 1930s, she was the high...
Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles as Robinson Died 1970 · Los Angeles, California, USA Charles Ruggles had one of the longest careers in Hollywood, lasting more than 60 years and encompassing more than 100 films. He made his film debut in 1914 in The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and work...
Helen Broderick
Helen Broderick as Pearl Died 1959 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Helen Broderick (August 11, 1891 - September 25, 1959) was a wonderfully funny character comedienne with vaudeville and stage experience, a close friend of Jeanne Eagels. The story goes, that at the...
Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer as Bibenko Died 1967 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia] Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American stage, screen, and television actor, in films from 1928..
Joy Hodges
Joy Hodges as Audrey Died 2003 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA Joy Hodges, born Frances Eloise Hodges, was an American singer and actress who performed on radio, on film, on Broadway, and with big bands. Winning a contest at a theater took Hodges to Chicago, wh...

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Aug 09, 2025
“The Madison” agency is nimbly administered by “Helen” (Constance Bennett) delivering an all-inclusive service to the well-heeled gentleman. She and her formidable all-female team could sort out everything from dinner reservations and theatre tickets to weddings and ensuring that unwanted family members never get off the boat! It’s that last task that introduces her to “Wade” (Vincent Price) but she has every expectation that he’s just another one of those hapless men she keeps encountering. This fellow is a bit different. Though he comes from wealthy stock, he is determined to set up on his own and has even designed an unique form of tractor (looks more like a pint-sized Great War tank) which he needs seed money to develop. He likes her, she likes him - but just as she doesn’t want a wimp, he doesn’t want to be hen-pecked. Sure, the writing for the couple is on the wall from the start, but there are still some daftly amiable scenarios delivered as their anti-courtship plays out for an over-long ninety minutes. Price is a bit wooden, but he’s also got just enough comedy timing to offer an half-decent foil for a Bennett who isn’t really on great form here, but who still manages to own the screen. Halliwell Hobbes is once again the butler, but otherwise the supporting characters who so often provide the meat for the sandwich haven’t enough to do here, and so it’s really left to the two at the top of the bill to eek what they can from the meagre pickings the script provides. It’s watchable enough, but aside from it being Price’s first leading role, it is nothing especially memorable.

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