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{{Short description|1933 film}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = I Loved a Woman
| name = I Loved a Woman
| image = I Loved a Woman 1933 poster.jpg
| image = I Loved a Woman 1933 poster.jpg
| image_size = 220
| caption = 1933 Theatrical Poster
| caption = 1933 Theatrical Poster
| director = [[Alfred E. Green]]
| director = [[Alfred E. Green]]
| producer = [[Henry Blanke]]
| producer = [[Henry Blanke]]
| based on = [[David Karsner]] (novel)
| based_on = {{based on|''Red Meat''<br>novel|[[David Karsner]]}}
| screenplay = [[Charles Kenyon]]<br>Sidney Sutherland
| screenplay = [[Charles Kenyon]]<br>Sidney Sutherland
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Kay Francis]]<br>[[Edward G. Robinson]]<br>[[Genevieve Tobin]]
| starring = [[Kay Francis]]<br>[[Edward G. Robinson]]<br>[[Genevieve Tobin]]
| music = Bernhard Kaun
| music = [[Bernhard Kaun]]
| cinematography = [[James Van Trees]]
| cinematography = [[James Van Trees]]
| editing = Herbert Levy
| editing = Herbert Levy
| studio = [[First National Pictures]]
| studio = First National Pictures
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.]]
| distributor = [[Warner Bros.]]
| released = {{Film date|1933|09|23}}
| released = {{Film date|1933|09|23}}
| runtime = 90 min.
| runtime = 90 min.
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = [[English language|English]]}}
| language = English
}}


'''''I Loved a Woman''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[Drama (genre)|drama]] directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Kay Francis]], [[Edward G. Robinson]], and [[Genevieve Tobin]]. According to producer Hal Wallis' autobiography (with Charles Higham), Robinson and Francis "were oddly matched. Kay was so tall that we had to put Eddie [Robinson] on a box in some scenes to bring him level with her and, understandably he was humiliated. Irritable and self-conscious, he argued with Kay frequently. But he [...] gave credit to her fine acting." However, it was Wallis and other executives who also made the choice to cut three of Kay's scenes, leaving her presence in the film really as a supporting actress.<ref>Daniel Bubbeo, ''The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each'' (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2010), 92, {{ISBN|0786462361}}; Robert Beck, ''The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia'' (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2002), 162, {{ISBN|1476606668}}; and Hal Wallis and Charles Higham, ''Starmaker: The Autobiography of Hal Wallis'' (NY: Macmillan, 1980); {{ISBN|0026231700}}</ref>
'''''I Loved a Woman''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code]] [[Drama (genre)|drama]] directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Kay Francis]], [[Edward G. Robinson]], and [[Genevieve Tobin]].<ref>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2933 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''I Loved a Woman'']</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
John Hayden (Robinson), owner of a Chicago meat-packing company, falls in love with a beautiful opera singer (Francis).
John Hayden, owner of a Chicago meat-packing company, falls in love with a beautiful opera singer.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Kay Francis]] as Laura McDonald
* [[Kay Francis]] as Laura McDonald
* [[Genevieve Tobin]] as Martha Lane Hayden
* [[Genevieve Tobin]] as Martha Lane Hayden
* [[Robert Barrat]] as Charles Lane (Credits), Phineas D. Lane (in Film)
* [[Robert Barrat]] as Charles Lane
* [[Murray Kinnell]] as Davenport
* [[Murray Kinnell]] as Davenport
* [[Robert McWade]] as Larkin
* [[Robert McWade]] as Larkin
* [[J. Farrell MacDonald]] as Shuster
* [[J. Farrell MacDonald]] as Shuster
* [[Henry Kolker]] as Mr. Sanborn
* [[Henry Kolker]] as Mr. Sanborn
* [[George Blackwood (actor)|George Blackwood]] as Henry
* George Blackwood as Henry
* [[Walter Walker (actor)|Walter Walker]] as Oliver
* [[Walter Walker (actor)|Walter Walker]] as Oliver
* [[Henry O'Neill]] as Mr. Farrell
* [[Henry O'Neill]] as Mr. Farrell
* [[E. J. Ratcliffe]] as Theodore Roosevelt
* [[E. J. Ratcliffe]] as [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
* [[William V. Mong]] as Bowen
* [[William V. Mong]] as Bowen
* [[Douglass Dumbrille]] as Brandt (uncredited)
* [[Howard Hickman]] as Businessman (uncredited)
* [[Edwin Maxwell (actor)|Edwin Maxwell]] as Gossiper (uncredited)


==References==
==References==
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* {{allmovie|96056|synopsis}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=573}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=573}}
* {{AFI film|id=2933|title=I Loved a Woman}}


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{{Alfred E. Green}}
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Latest revision as of 13:08, 3 September 2024

I Loved a Woman
1933 Theatrical Poster
Directed byAlfred E. Green
Screenplay byCharles Kenyon
Sidney Sutherland
Based onRed Meat
novel
by David Karsner
Produced byHenry Blanke
StarringKay Francis
Edward G. Robinson
Genevieve Tobin
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Edited byHerbert Levy
Music byBernhard Kaun
Production
company
First National Pictures
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 23, 1933 (1933-09-23)
Running time
90 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Loved a Woman is a 1933 American pre-Code drama directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Kay Francis, Edward G. Robinson, and Genevieve Tobin. According to producer Hal Wallis' autobiography (with Charles Higham), Robinson and Francis "were oddly matched. Kay was so tall that we had to put Eddie [Robinson] on a box in some scenes to bring him level with her and, understandably he was humiliated. Irritable and self-conscious, he argued with Kay frequently. But he [...] gave credit to her fine acting." However, it was Wallis and other executives who also made the choice to cut three of Kay's scenes, leaving her presence in the film really as a supporting actress.[1]

Plot

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John Hayden, owner of a Chicago meat-packing company, falls in love with a beautiful opera singer.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Daniel Bubbeo, The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2010), 92, ISBN 0786462361; Robert Beck, The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2002), 162, ISBN 1476606668; and Hal Wallis and Charles Higham, Starmaker: The Autobiography of Hal Wallis (NY: Macmillan, 1980); ISBN 0026231700
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