Madame X is a 1937 American drama film, a sanitized remake of several Pre-Code films of the same name.[1][2] It was directed by Sam Wood, with additional direction by Gustav Machatý (uncredited). The film is based on the 1908 play La femme X by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912).
Madame X | |
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Directed by | Sam Wood Gustav Machatý (uncredited) |
Screenplay by | John Meehan |
Based on | La femme X 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson |
Produced by | James Kevin McGuinness |
Starring | Gladys George Warren William Reginald Owen |
Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
Edited by | Frank E. Hull |
Music by | David Snell |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
editA woman who cheated on her loving husband is thrown out of her home by said husband. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is, as he was raised without her. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background.
Cast
edit- Gladys George as Jacqueline Fleuriot a.k.a. Miss Pran a.k.a. Madame X
- Warren William as Bernard Fleuriot
- John Beal as Raymond Fleuriot
- Reginald Owen as Maurice Dourel
- William Henry as Hugh Fariman, Jr.
- Henry Daniell as Lerocle
- Phillip Reed as Jean Rochin
- Lynne Carver as Helene
- Emma Dunn as Rose, Fleuriot's housekeeper
- Ruth Hussey as Annette
- Luis Alberni as Scipio
- George Zucco as Dr. LaFarge
- Cora Witherspoon as Nora
- Jonathan Hale as Hugh Fariman, Sr.
- Arthur Blake as Ferguson
References
edit- ^ Variety film review; September 9, 1937, p. 14.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; October 16, 1937, p. 166
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Madame X (1937 film).
- Madame X at IMDb
- Madame X at the TCM Movie Database
- Madame X at AllMovie
- Madame X at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films