Mrs. Nellie Rimplegar
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Three Cornered Moon is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Ray Harris and S.K. Lauren, and starring Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, and Wallace Ford.
Three Cornered Moon: Directed by Elliott Nugent. With Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, Wallace Ford. Nellie Rimplegar has to tell her grown children that due to her bungled handling of their finances, the family has been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.
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His first solo directorial effort, Three-Cornered Moon (1933), is considered by some to be the first screwball comedy. It was set during the Depression and centres on spoiled siblings who must find jobs after their mother loses the family fortune; it starred Claudette Colbert and Mary Boland.
One Colbert feature that is almost always overlooked is Three-Cornered Moon, produced at Paramount (where she was a contract star) in 1933. Based on a play of the same title, Three-Cornered Moon is a film of subtle qualities, perhaps overshadowed by more spectacular contemporary productions.
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker.
Three-Cornered Moon is regarded by many film buffs as the first of the genuine "screwball comedies." Claudette Colbert stars as the only level-headed member of a wacky Brooklyn family. Her mother (Mary Boland) loses the family fortune in the stock market, forcing Colbert's knuckleheaded brothers to look for work.
