Marianne (1929/I)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Robert Z. Leonard

Writers:

Laurence Stallings (writer)
Gladys Unger (writer)

Release Date:

24 August 1929 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

During World War I, a French girl (Marion Davies) is romanced by an American doughboy (Lawrence Gray)...

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | WWI | New York City | United States Army | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Marion Davies	...	Marianne 'Blondy'
Lawrence Gray	...	Pvt. Stagg
Cliff Edwards	...	'Soapy' Soapstone
Benny Rubin	...	Sam 'Sammy' Samuels
George Baxter	...	André
Scott Kolk	...	Lt. Frane
Robert Edeson	...	The General
Emile Chautard	...	Père Joseph
Fred Solm	...	André (as Robert Castle)

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Cosmopolitan Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001) (TV)

There are much better Marion Davies pictures

I have been interested in Marion Davies ever since my first visit to "The Ranch", Wm Randolph Hearst's estate in San Simeon, now a California state park.

Charlie Chaplin considered Marion to be one of the best female comedians (the IMDb spell checker can't find the female equivalent) - the tragedy as I have heard is that Hearst kept pushing her to do dramatic roles. This was one such movie - and I understand her first "talkie" (besides one of the world's first) - there are some scenes of her in a comedy role but I have to say the movie was so boring to me I hit fast forward (it is not in the theaters anymore ;-) ) - just to get to the end.

Of the Marion Davies movies I have seen, so far "Show People" is my favorite - in it you can tell she has a self-deprecating sense of humor about herself and "show people" (particularly if they have met success)

Anyway I think my giving this a "5" was generous - it seem to just wander and wander without a destination until the end.