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Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Writers:
Fanny Hatton (adaptation)
Frederic Hatton (adaptation)
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Release Date:
18 February 1934 (Finland) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Elegant early talkie, suffers from stage origins. more

Cast

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Gloria Swanson ... Nella Vago

Melvyn Douglas ... Jim Fletcher
Alison Skipworth ... Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni
Ferdinand Gottschalk ... Rudig
Robert Greig ... Conrad
Warburton Gamble ... Count Albert von Gronac
Greta Meyer ... Emma

Boris Karloff ... Waiter
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Melvyn Douglas' first film. more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Elegant early talkie, suffers from stage origins., 7 July 2001
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Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

Gloria Swanson proves easily here what a good talkie actress she could have been. She is funny and charming, and dressed superbly by Coco Chanel. Melvyn Douglas works well with her, but there is way too much chatter in this adaptation from a hit stage play. The screen-writers didn't seem to realise the kind of expansion they needed to give the piece to make it cinema rather than a filmed stage play. Still, in the lovingly restored print from UCLA that is on the DVD, the film looks great - as does glorious Gloria!

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