I Am Suzanne! is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film involving puppeteers in Paris written by Edwin Justus Mayer, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks.[1] The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers[2] and Podrecca's Piccoli Theater. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City owns and periodically exhibits a 35mm print of the film while the Eastman House in Rochester, New York, archives a 16mm copy.

I Am Suzanne
Directed byRowland V. Lee
Written byEdwin Justus Mayer
Produced byFox Film Corporation
StarringLilian Harvey
CinematographyLee Garmes
Music byLouis De Francesco
Friedrich Hollaender
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 25, 1933 (1933-12-25)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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Reception

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The film was not a success at the box office.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
  2. ^ Latshaw, George (1978). Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. NY: Richards Rosen Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780486409528.
  3. ^ Douglas W. Churchill (December 30, 1934). "THE YEAR IN HOLLYWOOD: 1984 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era". The New York Times. p. X5.
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