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Give Me Your Heart (film)

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'Give Me Your Heart' was a 1936 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Roland Young. It was a melodrama based on the 1934 London play 'Sweet Aloes', by Joyce Carey.Alan Goble 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film' 1999 Page 780-"GIVE ME YOUR HEART 1936 d: Archie Mayo. USA., Sweet Aloes, Jay Mallory, London 1934, Play Leading lady Kay Francis, playing the familiar role of a self-sacrificing mother, had a difficult working relationship with the director throughout the making of the film.Daniel Bubbeo 'The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each' 2001 "Her next film, Give Me Your Heart (1936), playing her umpteenth self-sacrificing mother, was a less expensive film to mount, but still was responsible for red ink on Warners' ledgers. Through filming of Give Me Your Heart, Kay had a stormy relationship with director Archie Mayo, whom she felt did not have a good grip on the material."Lynn Kear, John Rossman 'Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career' 2006 Page 92 "Give Me Your Heart was a melodrama, for sure with George Brent again but done well, and Kay's performance rang true. Though she.. [photo, caption Even Kay was dismayed by this outfit from Give Me Your Heart ]".

Synopsis



A young Englishwoman has a relationship with a married man.

Main cast



* Kay Francis as Belinda Warren

* George Brent as Jim Baker

* Roland Young as Tubbs Barrow

* Patric Knowles as Robert Melford

* Henry Stephenson as Edward - Lord Farrington

* Frieda Inescort as Rosamond Melford

* Helen Flint as Dr. Florence Cudahy

* Halliwell Hobbes as Oliver

* Zeffie Tilbury as Esther Warren

* Elspeth Dudgeon as Alice Dodd

References




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