Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Appearance
Du Barry, Woman of Passion | |
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Directed by | Sam Taylor |
Written by | David Belasco (play) Sam Taylor (adaptation) |
Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
Starring | Norma Talmadge |
Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
Edited by | Allen McNeil |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | October 11, 1930 |
Running time | 10 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Du Barry, Woman of Passion is a 1930 talking film drama starring Norma Talmadge, produced by her husband Joseph Schenck, released through United Artists, and based on a 1901 stage play Du Barry written and produced by David Belasco and starring Mrs. Leslie Carter.
This film is the second talking picture of silent star Talmadge and also her last motion picture. Prints of this film survive in the Library of Congress.[1][2]
Cast
- Norma Talmadge - Madame Du Barry
- William Farnum - Louis XV
- Conrad Nagel - Cosse de Brissac
- Hobart Bosworth - Duc de Brissac
- Ullrich Haupt - Jean Du Barry
- Alison Skipworth - La Gourdan
- E. Allyn Warren - Denys
- Edgar Norton - Renal
- Edwin Maxwell - Maupeou
- Henry Kolker - D'Aiguillon
- Oscar Apfel - ?
- Eugenie Besserer - Rosalie/Prison Matron
- Earle Browne - Stage Director
- Knute Erickson - Jailer
- Cissy Fitzgerald - Bit role
- Clark Gable - Extra
- Lucille La Verne - Bit role
- Tom Ricketts - King's Aide
- Tom Santschi - Bit role
- Michael Visaroff - Bit
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of films 1921-1930 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ Du Barry, a play produced on Broadway at the Criterion Theatre, December 25, 1901 to May 1902; IBDB.com
External links
Categories:
- 1930 films
- 1930s historical films
- 1930s romantic drama films
- American films
- American historical films
- American romantic drama films
- American black-and-white films
- English-language films
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Sam Taylor
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- Films produced by Joseph M. Schenck
- Films set in the 18th century
- Films set in Paris
- Screenplays by Sam Taylor (director)
- United Artists films
- 1930s drama film stubs
- 1930s drama films