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Overview
MGM producer Irving Thalberg cast his wife, Norma Shearer, in this witty film after she had been away from acting for two years. She's astonishingly sexy and sophisticated, wearing more than one very revealing gown which only pre-code production values would have permitted. Shearer plays Mary, a fast-living New York socialite who impulsively weds a reserved British Lord (Herbert Marshall) after they meet in bizarre insect costumes en route to a party. For five years they have a happy life in England, but when he goes away on business she winds up in Cannes on vacation with a smooth-talking playboy (Robert Young). A scandal erupts, raising questions about her past that throws their love--and their marriage--into jeopardy. Soap maestro Edmund Goulding (DARK VICTORY, GRAND HOTEL) directed this racy 1930s classic from his own screenplay, revealing a great flair for balancing screwball comedy with domestic drama.
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Main Cast & Crew:
Edmund Goulding - Director
Norma Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Herbert Marshall
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Skeets Gallagher
Arthur Jarrett
Earl Oxford
Helen Jerome Eddy
Phillis Coghlan
Halliwell Hobbes
Details
- Format: DVD (Full Frame, Black & White, Manufactured on Demand, Mono Sound)
- Run Time: 94
- Color Format: B&W
- UPC: 883316242162
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: August 2010
Movie Reviews
Synopsis:
The reappearance of an old flame complicates the staid marriage of a lively chorus girl to a cold British diplomat.
Notes:
Theatrical release: March 30, 1934.
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