Nana (1934 film)
- See also Nana (disambiguation)
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| Directed by | Dorothy Arzner George Fitzmaurice |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Starring | Anna Sten Lionel Atwill Richard Bennett Mae Clarke |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Nana is a 1934 American Pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice.
This version of Émile Zola's heroine was to be the vehicle for Sten's triumph as Samuel Goldwyn's trained, groomed and heavily promoted answer to Greta Garbo. Despite the big investment, the publicity help from William Randolph Hearst, and a record-breaking opening week at Radio City Music Hall, Sten was beautiful but disappointing.
Goldwyn's tutoring of Sten is mentioned in Cole Porter's 1934 song "Anything Goes" from the musical of the same name: "If Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction / Instruct Anna Sten in diction / Then Anna shows / Anything goes."
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Cast
- Anna Sten as Nana
- Lionel Atwill as Colonel André Muffat
- Richard Bennett as Gaston Greiner
- Mae Clarke as Satin
- Phillips Holmes as Lieutenant George Muffat
- Reginald Owen as Bordenave
- Helen Freeman as Sabine Muffat
- Lawrence Grant as Grand Duke Alexis
- Jessie Ralph as Zoe
- Ferdinand Gottschalk as Finot
Reception
The film was a box office disappointment.[1]
References
- ↑ Churchill, Douglas W. The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era (gate locked); New York Times [New York, N.Y] 30 Dec 1934: X5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1934 films
- English-language films
- Film articles using image size parameter
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- Films based on works by Émile Zola
- Films directed by George Fitzmaurice
- Films directed by Dorothy Arzner
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions films
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
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