The Lady Refuses
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| The Lady Refuses | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Produced by | William LeBaron Bertram Millhauser |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 8 March 1931 |
| Running time | 72 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American film, directed by George Archainbaud.
A British nobleman hires a poor-but-honest young girl to romance his son, keeping his mind off his other options. Complications ensue as both men fall for her. The plot is regarded as risque enough to appear in at least one collection of Pre-Code Hollywood films.
In 1959, the film entered the public domain in the USA due to the copyright claimants failure to renew the copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Betty Compson as June
- John Darrow as Russell Courtney
- Gilbert Emery as Sir Gerald Courtney
- Margaret Livingston as Berthine Waller
- Ivan Lebedeff as Nikolai Rabinoff
- Edgar Norton as Sir Gerald's Butler
- Daphne Pollard as Apartment House Maid
- Halliwell Hobbes as Lawyer (unbilled)
- Reginald Sharland as Freddy (unbilled)
[edit] References
- ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. OCLC 15122313. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25165419. Retrieved 2012-01-05. See Note #60, pg. 143.
