Once a Lady
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| 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 Ivor Novello Jill Esmond |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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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]
Plot
[edit]A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, 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.
Cast
[edit]- Ruth Chatterton as Anna Keremazoff
- Ivor Novello as Bennett Cloud
- Jill Esmond as Faith Penwick the Girl
- Geoffrey Kerr as Jimmy Fenwick
- Doris Lloyd as Lady Ellen Somerville
- Herbert Bunston as Roger Fenwick
- Gwendolyn Logan as Mrs. Fenwick
- Stella Moore as Alice Fenwick
- Edith Kingdon as Caroline Gryce
- Bramwell Fletcher as Allen Corinth
- Theodore von Eltz as Harry Cosden
- Ethel Griffies as Miss Bleeker
- Claude King as Sir William Gresham
- Lillian Rich as Jane Vernon
- Leonard Carey as Butler
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Propriétaire
References
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
[edit]- Once A Lady, allmovie.com
- Film poster
Categories:
- 1931 films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Guthrie McClintic
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- Remakes of American films
- 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
- 1930s American films
- 1930s English-language films
- English-language drama films