Once a Lady (1931)

Director:

Guthrie McClintic

Writers:

Zoe Akins (writer)
Samuel Hoffenstein (writer)
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Release Date:

7 November 1931 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Based On Play

Cast

Ruth Chatterton	...	Anna Keremazoff
Ivor Novello	...	Bennett Cloud
Jill Esmond	...	Faith Penwick the Girl
Geoffrey Kerr	...	Jimmy Fenwick
Doris Lloyd	...	Lady Ellen
Herbert Bunston	...	Roger Fenwick
Gwendolyn Logan	...	Mrs. Fenwick
Stella Moore	...	Alice Fenwick
Edith Kingdon	...	Caroline Gryce
Bramwell Fletcher	...	Allen Corinth
Theodore von Eltz	...	Harry Cosden
Ethel Griffies	...	Miss Bleeker
Claude King	...	Sir William Gresham
Lillian Rich	...	Jane Vernon
Susanne Ransom	...	Faith Fenwick, the Child (as Suzanne Ransom)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leonard Carey	...	Butler (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt	...	Propriétaire, Cafe des Mariniers (uncredited)

Directed by
Guthrie McClintic

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Zoe Akins		writer
Samuel Hoffenstein		writer
Bernauer Osterreicher		play "Das zweite Leben"

Original Music by
Dave Dreyer		(uncredited)
Karl Hajos		(uncredited)
Herman Hand		(uncredited)
Rudolph G. Kopp		(uncredited)
Oscar Potoker		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Charles Lang

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1931) (USA) (theatrical)
• MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Movie Connections:

Version of Three Sinners (1928)