Friends and Lovers (1931 film)

Friends and Lovers

Theatrical poster for the film
Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Produced by William LeBaron
Written by Wallace Smith (adaptation)
Jane Murfin
Based on Le sphinx a parlé
1930 novel
by Maurice Dekobra
Starring Lili Damita
Adolphe Menjou
Laurence Olivier
Eric von Stroheim
Music by Victor Schertzinger
Max Steiner
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Edited by William Hamilton
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • October 3, 1931 (1931-10-03)
Running time
68 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Friends and Lovers (1931) is an American Pre-Code drama film released by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim, and Hugh Herbert.[1][2]

The film recorded a loss of $260,000.[3]

Plot

British Army captain Geoff Roberts (Adolphe Menjou) carries on an affair with Alva (Lili Damita), the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito (Erich Von Stroheim). Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.

When Roberts falls into Sangrito's trap, he pays the blackmail and leaves for India, hoping to forget Alva, whom he loved but now believes betrayed him. After some time in India, he is joined by his young friend and bosom companion Lt. Ned Nichols (Laurence Olivier). Nichols, too, is in love with a woman back in England—the same woman.

Although the two friends nearly come to blows over Alva, they eventually realize that she has been false to them both and that their friendship far outweighs their feelings for a mendacious woman. However, when the two are invalided home, they encounter Alva again, and learn that she may not have betrayed them after all.

Cast

References

  1. Friends and Lovers (1931) - IMDb
  2. BFI | Film & TV Database | FRIENDS AND LOVERS (1931)
  3. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p41

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