The Loves of Madame Dubarry
Appearance
I Give My Heart | |
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Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
Written by | Roger Burford Frank Launder Curt Siodmak Richard Genée (1879 libretto) Camillo Walzel (1879 libretto) Paul Knepler (1931 libretto) Ignaz Michael Welleminsky (1931 libretto) Hans Martin Cremer (1931 libretto) |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
Starring | Gitta Alpar Patrick Waddington Owen Nares Arthur Margetson |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Wardour Films (UK) |
Release date | 25 October 1935 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
I Give My Heart (US-Title: The Loves of Madame Dubarry) is a 1935 British historical film adapted from the stage operetta The DuBarry by Carl Millöcker and arranged by Theo Mackeben. Directed by Marcel Varnel, and produced by British International Pictures (BIP). It is based on the life of Madame Du Barry.
Plot
Jeanne is a milliner courted by aristocrats. She first has an affair with René, a young writer for Count du Barry. She then marries the Count in order to become Louis XV's mistress.
Cast
- Gitta Alpar as Madame du Barry
- Patrick Waddington as René
- Owen Nares as Louis XV of France
- Arthur Margetson as Count Du Barry
- Margaret Bannerman as Marechale
- Hugh Miller as Choiseul
- Gibb McLaughlin as De Brissac
- Iris Ashley as Margot
- Hay Petrie as Cascal
- Cicely Paget-Bowman
- Philip Ridgeway
External links
Categories:
- 1935 films
- 1930s musical films
- 1930s historical films
- 1930s biographical films
- 1930s romantic drama films
- British historical films
- British musical films
- British biographical films
- British romantic drama films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Marcel Varnel
- Films based on operettas
- Operetta films
- Biographical films about French royalty
- Films set in the 18th century
- Films set in France
- Works about Louis XV of France
- British black-and-white films
- Films shot at Elstree Studios
- Cultural depictions of Louis XV
- Cultural depictions of Madame du Barry
- 1930s romantic drama film stubs
- Historical film stubs