The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami is a 1947 American drama film which stars George Sanders as a ruthless cad who uses women to rise in Parisian society. It was based on the Guy de Maupassant novel Bel Ami. The film had a 1946 premiere in Paris, Texas. The score is by Darius Milhaud.

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami was released on VHS in 1991. Steve Daly wrote in a 1991 Entertainment Weekly article that the video release of this film is happy news for fans of George Sanders particular brand of cinematic spleen.A 1946 Variety review stated, Confronted with the old problem of cleaning up a classic novel to conform to strict censorship codes, the production outfit has come up with a scrubbedface version of the complete scoundrel depicted in Guy de Maupassants novel Private Affairs of Bel Ami. Variety also said that the cast was exceptionally strong. The author John Strangeland, who wrote a book about Warren William, said that the film is a tiresome bore and terribly dry. ........

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