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Once a Lady
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Wikipedia article
'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).[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6668 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 The film was the final attempt by British matine idol Novello to establish himself in Hollywood.Williams, Michael. 'Ivor Novello: Screen Idol'. British Film Institute, 2003, p. 7
Synopsis
A young Russian woman (Chatterton) marries a wealthy Englishman (Novello), 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.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022226/ 'Once A Lady'], imdb.com; accessed July 28, 2015.
Cast
*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 Propritaire
References
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