Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. But Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections. An elaborate masquerade ball is to ...
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Kay Johnson | ... | Angela Brooks / Madam Satan | |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Bob Brooks | |
| Lillian Roth | ... | Trixie | |
| Roland Young | ... | Jimmy Wade | |
| Elsa Peterson | ... | Martha - the Maid | |
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Jack King | ... | Herman |
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Eddie Prinz | ... | Biff (as Edward Prinz) |
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Boyd Irwin | ... | Zeppelin Captain |
| Wallace MacDonald | ... | First Mate | |
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Tyler Brooke | ... | Romeo |
| Ynez Seabury | ... | Babo | |
| Theodore Kosloff | ... | Electricity | |
| Julanne Johnston | ... | Miss Conning Tower | |
| Martha Sleeper | ... | Fish Girl | |
| Doris McMahon | ... | Water | |
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Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. But Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections. An elaborate masquerade ball is to be held aboard a magnificent dirigible. Angela will attend and disguise herself as a mysterious devil woman. Hidden behind her mask, and wrapped in an alluring gown, Angela as the devil woman will to try to seduce her unknowing husband and teach him a lesson. Written by Thomas McWilliams <tgm@netcom.com>
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thunderstorm | romantic triangle | homosexual subtext | mysterious stranger | dirigible |Taglines:
A NIGHT OF REVELRY AND LOVE CLIMAXED BY THE WRECK OF A ZEPPELIN WITH ALL ABOARD! (Print ad- Albany Evening News, ((Albany NY)) 6 October 1930) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
20 September 1930 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Madam Satan See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$980,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,005Company Credits
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(TCM print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1
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(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Herbert Stothart
Lyrics by Clifford Grey
Performed by Kay Johnson and party guests
Later played on piano and sung by Kay Johnson
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During the Ballet Mécanique, when a masked person adorned in lightning bolts appears, Morse code is heard. It seems to be intended to repeat the word 'POWER' although the first time it says 'WOWEL' - apparently due to a misplaced 'dot' in the coded message. See more »Goofs
Angela closes the same door twice when she visits Trixie's appartment. See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits are shown with smoke rising in the background, a reference to "satan", as mentioned in the title. See more »Soundtracks
Meet Madam(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Herbert Stothart
Lyrics by Clifford Grey
Performed by Kay Johnson and party guests
Later played on piano and sung by Kay Johnson
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I found Madam Satan a rather strange hybrid of melodrama and musical, with elements of sex farce thrown in for good measure. It is divided into two distinct halves: the first takes place at the home of Bob and Angela, and at Trixie's flat. Then, it's aboard a moored Zeppelin for the second half for the party and the bulk of the musical numbers. A few witty ripostes here and there, some occasionally charming musical numbers, but overall a rather tepid affair. I just don't think Reginald Denny and Kay Johnson have the onscreen charisma to do this story justice. Roland Young is always amusing with his befuddled manner, in a sort of warm up to his Topper movies, but with Denny and Johnson to play against, he becomes the most interesting character by default.
But the film is interesting in its moralizing about straying husbands and a wife's duty to spice up the marriage, considering DeMille's own unsatisfactory marriage and philandering ways. Setting the second half aboard a Zeppelin with its sinking ship analogies probably seemed very modern at the time, and it is interesting to note that even six years before the Hindenburg disaster, a Hollywood movie exploits the inherent danger to such a mode of transportation. Perhaps with a really sparkling script by a master screenwriter such as Robert Riskin, and more luminous leads, this could have been a major delight instead of a trifle.