Once a Lady
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Directed by | Guthrie McClintic |
Written by | Rudolf Bernauer (play Das Zweite Leben) Rudolf Osterreicher (play Das Zweite Leben) Zoë Akins (writer) Samuel Hoffenstein (writer) |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Ruth Chatterton |
Cinematography | Charles Lang |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | November 7, 1931 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Once a Lady is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and starring Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello and Jill Esmond. The film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is a remake of the Pola Negri silent film Three Sinners (1928).[1][2] The film was the final attempt by British matinée idol Novello to establish himself in Hollywood.[3]
Synopsis
A young Russian woman (Chatterton) marries a wealthy Englishman (Novello), and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to leave Britain and moves to Paris. Many years later, her daughter approaches her, needing her help.[4]
Cast
- Ruth Chatterton - Anna Keremazoff
- Ivor Novello - Bennett Cloud
- Jill Esmond - Faith Penwick the Girl
- Geoffrey Kerr - Jimmy Fenwick
- Doris Lloyd - Lady Ellen Somerville
- Herbert Bunston - Roger Fenwick
- Gwendolyn Logan - Mrs. Fenwick
- Stella Moore - Alice Fenwick
- Edith Kingdon - Caroline Gryce
- Bramwell Fletcher - Allen Corinth
- Theodore von Eltz - Harry Cosden
- Ethel Griffies - Miss Bleeker
- Claude King - Sir William Gresham
- Lillian Rich - Jane Vernon
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Once a Lady, afi.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
- ^ Williams, Michael. Ivor Novello: Screen Idol. British Film Institute, 2003, p. 7
- ^ Once A Lady, imdb.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
External links
- Once A Lady, allmovie.com
- Film poster
Categories:
- 1931 films
- American films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Guthrie McClintic
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- American film remakes
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films set in London
- Films set in Paris
- Films set in Russia
- American black-and-white films
- American drama films
- 1931 drama films