I Am Suzanne
| I Am Suzanne | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
| Written by | Edwin Justus Mayer |
| Produced by | Fox Film Corporation |
| Starring | Lilian Harvey |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Music by | Louis De Francesco Friedrich Hollaender |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | December 25, 1933 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
I Am Suzanne! is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film involving puppeteers in Paris written by Edwin Justus Mayer, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks.[1][2] The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers[3] and Podrecca's Piccoli Theater. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City owns and periodically exhibits a 35mm print of the film while the Eastman House in Rochester, New York, archives a 16mm copy.
Cast
- Lilian Harvey - Suzanne
- Gene Raymond - Tony Malatini
- Leslie Banks - Adolphe 'Baron' Herring
- Georgia Caine - Mama
- Murray Kinnell - Luigi Malatini
- Geneva Mitchell - Fifi
- Halliwell Hobbes - Dr. Lorenzo
- Edward Keane - Manager
- Lionel Belmore - Satan
- Lynn Bari - Audience member (uncredited)
Reception
The film was not a success at the box office.[4]
References
- ^ I Am Suzanne! (1933), IMDb.com; accessed July 25, 2015.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
- ^ Latshaw, George (1978). Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. NY: Richards Rosen Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780486409528.
- ^ Douglas W. Churchill (December 30, 1934). "THE YEAR IN HOLLYWOOD: 1984 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era". The New York Times. p. X5.
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