The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)

Director:

William A. Seiter

Writers:

C. Graham Baker (writer)
Arthur Somers Roche (novel)

Release Date:

8 May 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Is she an unfit mother?

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Madeleine Carroll	...	Hope Ames
George Brent	...	Matt Logan
Arthur Treacher	...	Griggsby
Alan Baxter	...	Lou
Beulah Bondi	...	Mrs. Livingston Ames
Alan Mowbray	...	Lawrence Waterson
Brenda Fowler	...	Mrs. Shumway
Esther Dale	...	Matilda
Edward Brophy	...	Sid
Richard Carle	...	Uncle Gordon
Scotty Beckett	...	Bobbie Ames
Mayo Methot	...	Cora
Guy Bates Post	...	Judge John Davis
June Brewster	...	Laurette
Elvira Curci	...	Jeanette

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Company:

Walter Wanger Productions

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 MCA ever since.

Sleeper

I missed the first five minutes of this film when I saw it on tv in the late 1980's. The interaction between Carroll and Brent make it a classic film of the 1930's. I have waited for years for it to come out on VHS, but to no avail. Reluctant love is truly a great theme and one that is well treated in this film with the two great matinee idols of the depression decade.