Marianne (1929 film)
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Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
Produced by | Sound version: Marion Davies Robert Z. Leonard |
Written by | Laurence Stallings Gladys Unger Dale Van Every (also story) Joseph Farnham (titles) |
Starring | Marion Davies |
Music by | William Axt Charles Maxwell |
Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
Edited by | James C. McKay Basil Wrangell |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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111 minutes (sound) 7 reels (silent) |
Country | United States |
Marianne is a 1929 Pre-Code romantic drama about a French farm girl who, despite already having a French fiancé, falls in love with an American soldier during World War I. It was made first as a silent film, then as a musical with a different cast, though Marion Davies starred in both versions. This was Davies' first released talking movie.
Cast
Silent
- Marion Davies as Marianne
- Oscar Shaw as Stagg
- Fred Solm as André (as Robert Castle)
- Robert Ames as Soapy
- Scott Kolk as Lieutenant Frane
- Emile Chautard as Père Joseph
- Mack Swain as General
- Oscar Apfel as Major
Musical
- Marion Davies as Marianne
- Lawrence Gray as Private Stagg
- Cliff Edwards as "Soapy" Soapstone
- Benny Rubin as Sam "Sammy" Samuels
- George Baxter as André
- Scott Kolk as Lieutenant Frane
- Robert Edeson as The General
- Emile Chautard as Père Joseph
Reception
Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times gave the musical a lukewarm review, stating, "As a quasi-musical comedy plot it is entertaining, but as a story its comedy is far from fresh."[1] He also noted that the film was "by no means a production that is suited to Miss Davies's talents."[1]
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Marianne (silent version) at IMDb
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Marianne (musical version) at IMDb
- Marianne at the TCM Movie Database
- Marianne at AllMovie
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