Let Us Be Gay
| Let Us Be Gay | |
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Written by | Frances Marion Lucille Newmark |
| Produced by | Robert Z. Leonard Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Norma Shearer |
| Cinematography | Norbert Brodine |
| Edited by | Basil Wrangell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Let Us Be Gay is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and stars Norma Shearer. It was filmed concurrently with and based upon the 1929 play by Rachel Crothers starring Tallulah Bankhead, which ran for 128 performances at London's Lyric Theater.[1][2][3] Critics generally preferred Tallulah's rendition to Shearer's.
Cast
- Norma Shearer - Mrs. Katherine Brown
- Marie Dressler - Mrs. Bouccy Bouccicault
- Rod La Rocque - Bob Brown
- Gilbert Emery - 'Towney' Townley
- Hedda Hopper - Madge Livingston
- Raymond Hackett - Bruce Keane
- Sally Eilers - Diane
- Tyrell Davis - Wallace Granger
- Wilfred Noy - Whitman, the Butler
- Sybil Grove - Perkins, a Maid
- Mary Gordon - Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
- Dickie Moore - Young Bobby (uncredited)
DVD release
The film was released on DVD through the Warner Archive Collection.
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Let Us Be Gay
- ^ Let Us Be Gay as produced on Broadway at the Little Theatre, February 19, 1929 to December 1929, 353 performances; IBDb.com
External links
- Let Us Be Gay at IMDb
- Let Us Be Gay at AllMovie
- Let Us Be Gay lobby and foreign posters
- alternative lobby poster
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