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Madam Satan

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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 b... Read allAngela 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 myster... Read allAngela 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 d... Read all
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    • Director
      • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Writers
      • Jeanie Macpherson(by)
      • Gladys Unger(by)
      • Elsie Janis(by)
    • Stars
      • Kay Johnson
      • Reginald Denny
      • Lillian Roth
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    • Director
      • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Writers
      • Jeanie Macpherson(by)
      • Gladys Unger(by)
      • Elsie Janis(by)
    • Stars
      • Kay Johnson
      • Reginald Denny
      • Lillian Roth
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    Kay Johnson
    Kay Johnson
    • Angela Brooks…
    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • Bob Brooks
    Lillian Roth
    Lillian Roth
    • Trixie
    Roland Young
    Roland Young
    • Jimmy Wade
    Elsa Peterson
    Elsa Peterson
    • Martha - the Maid
    Jack King
    • Herman
    Eddie Prinz
    • Biff
    • (as Edward Prinz)
    Boyd Irwin
    • Zeppelin Captain
    Wallace MacDonald
    Wallace MacDonald
    • First Mate
    Tyler Brooke
    Tyler Brooke
    • Romeo
    Ynez Seabury
    Ynez Seabury
    • Babo
    Theodore Kosloff
    Theodore Kosloff
    • Electricity
    Julanne Johnston
    Julanne Johnston
    • Miss Conning Tower
    Martha Sleeper
    Martha Sleeper
    • Fish Girl
    Doris McMahon
    Doris McMahon
    • Water
    Vera Marshe
    Vera Marshe
    • Call of the Wild
    • (as Vera Marsh)
    Albert Conti
    Albert Conti
    • Empire Officer
    Earl Askam
    • Pirate
    • Director
      • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Writers
      • Jeanie Macpherson(by)
      • Gladys Unger(by)
      • Elsie Janis(by)
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    • Trivia
      As things begin to go awry on board, one of the crew comments "Remember the the Shenandoah." This refers to the tragic crash in a sudden thunderstorm of the USS Shenandoah airship on September 3, 1925 in southeastern Ohio, which would have been a widely known event.
    • Goofs
      Angela closes the same door twice when she visits Trixie's appartment.
    • Quotes

      Jimmy Wade: It's a waste of time to take a married man to Hell.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits are shown with smoke rising in the background, a reference to "satan", as mentioned in the title.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      The Cat Walk
      (1930) (uncredited)

      Music by Herbert Stothart

      Lyrics by Clifford Grey

      Sung and danced by party guests boarding the zeppelin

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    7/10
    Debauchery on a dirigible with Greta Garbo as Catwoman
    This is Cecil B. DeMille's weirdest film, but it is not nearly as bad as film history would have you believe. It was his only musical comedy and it tanked at the box office, but I've always been fond of these early sound curios. Kay Johnson plays Angela Brooks, married to wealthy Bob Brooks (Reginald Denny) who spends his nights partying with his friend Jimmy (Roland Young). Bob "respects" his wife, but his passion goes to his mistress, Trixie (Lillian Roth).

    When Angela finds out about Bob's mistress, she goes to have it out with her, and finds that Trixie could care less about being found out, and worse gives away all of her secrets about getting and keeping Bob, feeling that Angela wouldn't know how to use such tips anyways. . Later, Jimmy has a masked ball staged on a dirigible complete with bizarre musical numbers. It is visually interesting, but as with all of the music in this film, the numbers are completely forgettable. The only thing musically memorable is Lillian Roth doing a couple of numbers. If she hadn't had a tragic life right out of the gate there would have probably never been an Ethel Merman, because Roth would have had Merman's career. She has a spitfire presence and a booming sexy voice.

    The men are bidding for dances with the women, with all attention and bidding going to Trixie until a stranger walks in - Madame Satan. She is supposed to be French but she sounds just like Greta Garbo and she is supposed to be dressed like Satan but she looks like Catwoman to me. In the meantime, the crew is getting concerned because a storm is brewing and threatening the dirigible.

    Bob Brooks is a curious character. In spite of the fact that he is cheating on his wife he seems to have strong Puritanical standards for both his wife and his mistress. However, he doesn't mind abandoning Trixie for the promise of bigger better possibilities, even if Trixie is standing right there. Roland Young is always good as the friend with his dry one liners. Even though he has a small part in this film, he is the only one with a semblance of a film career just a few years later.

    Recommended for the weirdness of it all, but I admit these early talkies are my weakness and YMMV.
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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Madame Satán
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $980,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,005
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.20 : 1

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