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Wikipedia article'The Awful Truth' is a 1929 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Ina Claire and Henry Daniell. It was distributed by Path Exchange. The screenplay was written by Horace Jackson and Arthur Richman, based on a play by Richman. Ina Claire starred in the original stage version on Broadway in 1922. The film is now considered lost.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AwfulTruth1929.html 'The Awful Truth' details], silentera.com; accessed April 26, 2016. Plot summaryCast* Ina Claire as Lucy Warriner * Henry Daniell as Jerry Warriner * Theodore von Eltz as Edgar Trent * Paul Harvey as Dan Leeson * Blanche Friderici as Mrs. Leeson * Judith Vosselli as Josephine Trent * John Roche as Jimmy Kempster Other versionsThere were two other film versions of the play on which the 1929 film was based: the 1925 silent version 'The Awful Truth' with Agnes Ayres and Warner Baxter; and the 1937 film 'The Awful Truth' starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The play was also remade unsuccessfully in color as the musical 'Let's Do It Again' (1953), starring Jane Wyman and Ray Milland.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=9111 'The Awful Truth' as produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre, September 18, 1922 thru January 1923; IBDb.com References | |
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