Confession (1937)
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- Approved
- 1h 27min
- Crime, Drama
- 28 Aug 1937 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast verified as complete
Kay Francis | ... |
Vera Kowalska
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Ian Hunter | ... |
Leonide Kirow
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Basil Rathbone | ... |
Michael Michailow
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Jane Bryan | ... |
Lisa Koslov
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Donald Crisp | ... |
Presiding Judge
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Mary Maguire | ... |
Hildegard
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Dorothy Peterson | ... |
Mrs. Koslov
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Laura Hope Crews | ... |
Stella
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Robert Barrat | ... |
Prosecuting Attorney
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Ben Welden | ... |
Defense Attorney
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Veda Ann Borg | ... |
Xenia
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Joan Valerie | ... |
Wanda
(as Helen Valkis)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Sam Ash | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Dawn Bender | ... |
Lisa as a Baby (uncredited)
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Symona Boniface | ... |
Actress (uncredited)
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Maurice Brierre | ... |
Actor (uncredited)
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Maurice Cass | ... |
Music Professor (uncredited)
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Glen Cavender | ... |
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Lane Chandler | ... |
Actor (uncredited)
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Jack Chefe | ... |
Man Outside Vera's Dressing Room (uncredited)
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James Conaty | ... |
Officer at Charity Ball (uncredited)
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Gennaro Curci | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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John Davidson | ... |
Actor (uncredited)
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Don Downen | ... |
Young Man in Court (uncredited)
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Jack George | ... |
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
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Jody Gilbert | ... |
Actress (uncredited)
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Lawrence Grant | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Alan Gregg | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Herbert Heywood | ... |
Porter Carrying Letter (uncredited)
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Leyland Hodgson | ... |
Leading Man in Opera (uncredited)
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Stuart Holmes | ... |
Policeman in Court (uncredited)
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Fred Hueston | ... |
Court Clerk (uncredited)
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Sydney Jarvis | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Jack W. Johnston | ... |
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
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Jewel Jordan | ... |
Autograph Fan (uncredited)
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Edward Keane | ... |
Cabaret Manager (uncredited) (voice)
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Kathryn Keys | ... |
Actress (uncredited)
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Matty King | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Anderson Lawler | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Rolf Lindau | ... |
Clerk at Candy Counter (uncredited)
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Theodore Lorch | ... |
Man in Court (uncredited)
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Max Lucke | ... |
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
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Michael Mark | ... |
Russian Interpreter (uncredited)
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Alphonse Martell | ... |
Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
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John Mather | ... |
Actor (uncredited)
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Lyle Moraine | ... |
Usher at Theatre (uncredited)
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Evelyn Mulhall | ... |
Actress (uncredited)
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Ferdinand Munier | ... |
Bald Man in Theatre Seat #1 (uncredited)
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Spec O'Donnell | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Paul Panzer | ... |
Man Bringing Suitcase (uncredited)
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John S. Peters | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Elsa Peterson | ... |
Actress (uncredited)
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Henry Roquemore | ... |
Fat Man in Court (uncredited)
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Cliff Saum | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Jeffrey Sayre | ... |
Actor (uncredited)
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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink | ... |
Man in Court (uncredited)
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Harry Semels | ... |
Porter on Train (uncredited)
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Janet Shaw | ... |
Actress (uncredited)
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John Shelton | ... |
Actor (uncredited)
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Bernard Siegel | ... |
Theatre Doorman (uncredited)
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Adele St. Maur | ... |
Kolsov's Maid (uncredited)
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Myrtle Stedman | ... |
Nurse Maid (uncredited)
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Perc Teeple | ... |
Man at Station (uncredited)
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Mike Tellegen | ... |
Court Warden (uncredited)
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Don Turner | ... |
Man Leaving Theatre (uncredited)
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Dale Van Sickel | ... |
Diner in Cabaret (uncredited)
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Ellinor Vanderveer | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Emmett Vogan | ... |
American Frontiersman in Show (uncredited)
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Hans von Morhart | ... |
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
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Patricia Walthall | ... |
American Frontiersman's Assistant (uncredited)
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Pierre Watkin | ... |
Stagoff - Lawyer (uncredited)
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Paul Weigel | ... |
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
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Leo White | ... |
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Tom Wilson | ... |
Man in Court Sitting Next to Mrs. Koslov (uncredited)
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Jack Wise | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Directed by
Joe May |
Written by
Hans Rameau | ... | (original screenplay) |
Julius J. Epstein | ... | (English adaptation) and |
Margaret P. Levino | ... | (English adaptation) (as Margaret LeVino) |
Produced by
Hal B. Wallis | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Jack L. Warner | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Peter Kreuder |
Cinematography by
Sidney Hickox | ... | (photography by) (as Sid Hickox) |
Editing by
James Gibbon |
Editorial Department
Rudi Fehr | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Anton Grot |
Costume Design by
Orry-Kelly | ... | (gowns) |
Makeup Department
Ruby Felker | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Ward Hamilton | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Al Alleborn | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sherry Shourds | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Fred Tyler | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Emmett Emerson | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Oliver S. Garretson | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Wesley Anderson | ... | second camera operator (uncredited) |
Paul Burnett | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Walter Burris | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Madison S. Lacy | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Vernon Larson | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Dudie Maschmeyer | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ida Greenfield | ... | wardrobe: women (uncredited) |
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Rydo Loshak | ... | wardrobe: men (uncredited) |
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein | ... | musical director |
Peter Kreuder | ... | composer: songs |
Jack Scholl | ... | lyricist: songs |
Heinz Roemheld | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) / music adaptor (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Fred Applegate | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Stanley Logan | ... | dialogue director |
Henry Blanke | ... | supervisor (uncredited) |
Arthur J. Zellner | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1937) (United States) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)
- Vitagraph Limited (1937) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers Pictures (1937) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
It's 1930 in a European metropolis. Lisa Koslov, a young, innocent woman, is a student of piano at the city's music conservatory. She is without her mother for a few days for the first time in her life, her mother, out of town on family business, who she cannot turn to at this time for advice in dealing with the advances of an older man, who she will learn is famed composer/conductor/pianist Michael Michailow. Despite not feeling that spending time with Michael is the right thing, she is unable to fend off his advances, which he is able to manipulate to his advantage. Lisa is on a night out at a cabaret with Michael when the cabaret's aging singer, Vera Kowalska, spots Lisa and Michael in the audience, Vera who shoots Michael dead before he and Lisa can leave. At Vera's murder trial where Lisa is among the eyewitnesses testifying for the prosecution, Vera readily admits that she shot Michael, but she will not talk otherwise to defend herself by providing justifying reasons for her actions. It isn't until the prosecution produces a locked case belonging to Vera, it's contents, of which they are unaware, they believing will contain some supporting evidence, that Vera decides to provide a complete confession, with the caveat that the case not be opened and that her testimony be provided in a closed court, to which the judge and prosecuting attorney eventually agree. Vera then proceeds to tell of her complex relationship with Michael, which dates back to 1912 when she was starring in his opera. As she gets deeper into the story, it becomes clear that her shooting Michael was not only because of a wrong he committed against her in essence ruining her life, but that her wanting to provide this testimony in a closed court was to protect the innocent for a very specific personal reason, with at least one other spectator in the courtroom, beyond the eyewitnesses, who had a previous encounter with Vera. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | HEARTBREAK written in blood and tears! (Print Ad-Glens Falls Times, ((Glens Falls, NY)) 5 October 1937) See more » |
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Budget | $513,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Director Joe May was so determined to make this a close remake of the German film Mazurka (1935) that he kept a print of the German film on the set and frequently ran sections of it, to the annoyance of the new film's cast. In addition to copying the German original shot-by-shot in many scenes, this film also reuses the original score and songs. See more » |
Goofs | The date on the Warsaw Opera House playbill is Wednesday, February 12, 1912. That day was actually a Monday. See more » |
Movie Connections | Remake of Mazurka (1935). See more » |
Soundtracks | One Hour of Romance See more » |
Quotes |
Vera Kowalska:
What do you all want of me? I killed him. Sentence me. See more » |