Merely Mary Ann
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| Merely Mary Ann | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry King |
| Written by | Jules Furthman Israel Zangwill (play) |
| Starring | Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Beryl Mercer |
| Music by | Richard Fall |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling John F. Seitz |
| Editing by | Frank E. Hull |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | 6 September 1931 |
| Running time | 74 mins |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Merely Mary Ann (1931) is a romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise. The film, involving an orphan (Gaynor) and a flat-broke composer (Farrell), was written by Jules Furthman from Israel Zangwill's play and directed by Henry King.
[edit] Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Mary Ann
- Charles Farrell as John Lonsdale
- Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Leadbatter
- J. M. Kerrigan as First Drayman
- Tom Whiteley as Second Drayman
- Lorna Balfour as Lorna Leadbatter
- Arnold Lucy as Vicar Smedge
- G.P. Huntley as Peter Brooke
[edit] External links
- Merely Mary Ann at the Internet Movie Database
- Merely Mary Ann, available at Project Gutenberg. (Original novel)
