The Trial of Mary Dugan

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The Trial of Mary Dugan is a play written by Bayard Veiller.

The melodrama concerns a sensational courtroom trial of a showgirl accused of killing of her millionaire lover. Her defense attorney is her brother, Jimmy Dugan. It was first presented on Broadway in 1927, with Ann Harding in the title role, and in London in 1928 with Genevieve Tobin. Two American films were based on the play, one (1929) directed by Bayard Veiller and starring Norma Shearer, and one (1941) directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Laraine Day.

A novelization of the play, by William Wolff, was published in 1928.