A Lost Lady (film)
| A Lost Lady | |
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| Directed by |
Alfred E. Green Phil Rosen (uncredited) |
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| Based on |
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather |
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| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Lost Lady is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring by Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, and Ricardo Cortez. Based on the novel A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, with a screenplay by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola, the film is about a woman whose fiancé is murdered by his mistress' husband two days before their wedding. Her uncle sends her away to the mountains, where she meets a man who looks after her and eventually proposes. She accepts even though she does not love him.[1]
Warner Brothers had filmed this story before in 1924 as a silent with Irene Rich.
Plot
Marian (Barbara Stanwyck) and Ned (Phillip Reed) are scheduled to be married in two days, when Ned is killed by the husband of a woman with whom he was having an affair. Marian becomes withdrawn and is sent to the Canadian Rockies for rest. One day while walking in the mountains, she accidentally falls off a ledge and twists her ankle. She is discovered and rescued by Dan Forrester (Frank Morgan) and his dog Sandy. Dan visits Marian every day, even though she is still bitter about her fiancee's death. Before she leaves the mountains, Dan asks her to marry him and she accepts, knowing she will never truly love again.
Marian and Dan go back to Chicago, where Dan dotes on Marian, even building her a house in the country. Everything is going well until Marian meets a brash young transport owner named Frank (Ricardo Cortez). She rejects his advances, but he persists. When Dan leaves town on business, Frank entertains her every day, and Marian soon realizes that she may find love again after all.
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Marian Ormsby Forrester
- Frank Morgan as Daniel 'Dan' Forrester
- Ricardo Cortez as Frank Ellinger
- Lyle Talbot as Neil Herbert
- Phillip Reed as Ned Montgomery
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Robert, Forrester's Butler
- Henry Kolker as John Ormsby
- Rafaela Ottiano as Rosa, Marian's Maid
- Edward McWade as Simpson, Forrester's Receptionist
- Walter Walker as Judge Hardy
- Samuel S. Hinds as Jim Sloane
- Willie Fung as Forrester's Cook
- Jameson Thomas as Lord Verrington[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sennwald, Andrbe (October 4, 1934). "A Screen Version of Willa Cather's "A Lost Lady" at the Strand". The New York Times. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
See also
- A Lost Lady (novel)
External links
- A Lost Lady at the Internet Movie Database
- A Lost Lady at the TCM Movie Database
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