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Strange Interlude (1932)

109 min  -  Drama  -   30 December 1932 (USA)
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After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his.

Writers:

Eugene O'Neill (play), Bess Meredyth (dialogue continuity), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Norma Shearer ...
Clark Gable ...
Alexander Kirkland Alexander Kirkland ...
Ralph Morgan Ralph Morgan ...
Robert Young ...
May Robson May Robson ...
Maureen O'Sullivan ...
Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall ...
Mary Alden Mary Alden ...
Mary, Leeds' Maid
Tad Alexander Tad Alexander ...
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Storyline

The thoughts that people think are never the same as the words they speak - and in this movie, we can hear the thoughts. Gordon Shaw was a flyer who was shot down and killed during WWI. Nina would have married him before he left, but her father forbade the marriage. Charlie is a friend, but Nina does not love him and he is too timid- too shy - to tell her the way that he feels about her. Sam is her husband and her love disappears after the ceremony when she finds out that there is mental illness in his family and that there can be no children. To have the child she wants, but cannot have with Sam, she has a secret affair with Ned, who wants her to leave Sam. Gordon is the result of the affair, but he does not know Ned is his real father. Nina continues to play with the emotions of all three men and devote herself only to Gordon. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Insanity | Marriage | Doctor | Inherited Insanity | Secret Love  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Strange Interval See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$408,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$1,240,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

The play opened on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA on 30 January 1928 at the John Golden Theatre and had 426 performances. The leads were played by Lynn Fontanne and Glenn Anders, and the supporting cast included Helen Westley and Tom Powers. Because there were 9 acts, the play began in the afternoon and concluded in the evening after an intermission to allow eating dinner. There were two Broadway revivals. The play won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1928. See more »

Quotes

Dr. Ned Darrell: [to young Gordon] See here, son. there's things a mn of honor doesn't tell anyone, not even his father and mother.
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Connections

Version of "American Playhouse: Strange Interlude (#7.1)" (1988) See more »

Soundtracks

"Symphony No.5 in E Minor, Op.64"
(1888)
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Excerps from the second movement played during the opening credits See more »