Madame X (1937 film)

Madame X
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Wood Gustav Machatý (uncredited)
Screenplay by	John Meehan
Based on	La femme X 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson
Produced by	James Kevin McGuinness
Starring	Gladys George Warren William Reginald Owen
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Music by	David Snell
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	October 1, 1937 (1937-10-01)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Madame X is a 1937 American drama film, a sanitized remake of several Pre-Code films of the same name. It was directed by Sam Wood, with additional direction by Gustav Machatý (uncredited). The film is based on the 1908 play La femme X by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912).

Plot

A woman who cheated on her loving husband is thrown out of her home by said husband. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is, as he was raised without her. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background.

Cast

• Gladys George as Jacqueline Fleuriot a.k.a. Miss Pran a.k.a. Madame X
• Warren William as Bernard Fleuriot
• John Beal as Raymond Fleuriot
• Reginald Owen as Maurice Dourel
• William Henry as Hugh Fariman, Jr.
• Henry Daniell as Lerocle
• Phillip Reed as Jean Rochin
• Lynne Carver as Helene
• Emma Dunn as Rose, Fleuriot's housekeeper
• Ruth Hussey as Annette
• Luis Alberni as Scipio
• George Zucco as Dr. LaFarge
• Cora Witherspoon as Nora
• Jonathan Hale as Hugh Fariman, Sr.
• Arthur Blake as Ferguson

External links

• Madame X at IMDb
• Madame X at the TCM Movie Database
• Madame X at AllMovie
• Madame X at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films