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Writers:
Mrs. Leslie Carter (memoirs)
Brewster Morse (story) ...
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Release Date:
30 November 1940 (USA) more
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Plot:
A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and forbidden from having custody of her son... more | add synopsis
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SECOND use of "Oz" background music in another film more (6 total)

Cast

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Miriam Hopkins ... Mrs. Leslie Carter

Claude Rains ... David Belasco
Richard Ainley ... Lou Payne
Laura Hope Crews ... Mrs. Dudley
Helen Westley ... Mrs. 'Ma' Frazier
John Litel ... Charles Bryant
Mona Barrie ... Mrs. Hilda Brooks
Victor Jory ... Mr. Clifton
Cecil Kellaway ... Mr. Chapman
Fritz Leiber ... Mr. Foster
Johnny Russell ... Dudley Carter (as Johnnie Russell)
Selmer Jackson ... Henry DeMille
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Additional Details

Runtime:
78 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Louis Payne, the husband of Mrs. Leslie Carter in real life, coached Richard Ainley, who was playing him in the movie. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: None of the Broadway plays mentioned in the movie were performed by Mrs. Leslie Carter. Her Broadway debut was in a play called "The Ugly Duckling" in 1890, not "The Way of Beauty." Her second play was "Zaza," not "The Lady From France." It is not known why the names of her plays were changed. more
Quotes:
Mrs. 'Ma' Frazier: Did you enjoy your season in Buffalo, Mr. Williams?
Mr. Williams: Oh, very much. Good audiences, nice theatre.
Daisy Dawn: I always found the Buffalo people most hospitable to the members of our stock company.
Mr. Williams: The women did make rather a fuss over me, but then it helps business.
Daisy Dawn: I must say the men made rather a fuss over me too when I used to go to the Sticks for summer stock.
Mr. Clifton: Did you have much trouble with the Indians in those days?
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Soundtrack:
The Farmer in the Dell more

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3 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
SECOND use of "Oz" background music in another film, 14 November 2003
Author: Ripshin from North Carolina

This film was released a year after "The Wizard of Oz," and I was surprised to hear some of that classic's music being utilized in a scene here. The music in question from "Oz" is played over the opening scenes of Dorothy and Toto (puzzlingly entitled "Trouble In School"), and several times throughout the film. In "Lady with Red Hair," the same music is heard in scenes involving the lead character's young child.

Interestingly, in 1951, the film "Too Young to Kiss" utilized the exact same music over the opening credits.

Being that 1939's "Oz" came first, I can only assume the later films "borrowed" composer Harold Arlen's score.

CORRECTION: I have been informed that the above-mentioned tune is actually not original to "Oz," but is a classically composed children's tune.

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