Marianne (1929 musical film)

Marianne
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Produced by	Marion Davies Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Laurence Stallings Gladys Unger Dale Van Every (also story)
Starring	Marion Davies
Music by	William Axt Charles Maxwell
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	James C. McKay Basil Wrangell
Production company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	August 24, 1929 (1929-08-24)
Running time	111 minutes (sound)
Country	United States

Marianne is a 1929 pre-Code romantic musical drama about a French farm girl who, despite already having a French fiancé, falls in love with an American soldier during World War I. It is a remake of a silent film that was made and released earlier in 1929. Although the films feature mostly different casts, Marion Davies starred in both versions. This was Davies' first released talking movie.

Cast

Marion Davies as Marianne
Lawrence Gray as Private Stagg
Cliff Edwards as "Soapy" Soapstone
Benny Rubin as Sam "Sammy" Samuels
George Baxter as André
Scott Kolk as Lieutenant Frane
Robert Edeson as The General
Emile Chautard as Père Joseph

Reception

Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times gave the film a lukewarm review, stating, "As a quasi-musical comedy plot it is entertaining, but as a story its comedy is far from fresh."^[1] He also noted that the film was "by no means a production that is suited to Miss Davies's talents."^[1]

References

1 2 Hall, Mordaunt (October 19, 1929). "Movie Review: Marianne (1929)". New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2009.

External links

Marianne at the Internet Movie Database
Marianne (1929) at the TCM Movie Database
Marianne at AllMovie

The films of Robert Z. Leonard

The Master Key (1914)
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings (1915)
Secret Love (1916)
The Plow Girl (1916)
On Record (1917)
A Mormon Maid (1917)
The Primrose Ring (1917)
At First Sight (1917)
Face Value (1918)
The Bride's Awakening (1918)
Danger, Go Slow (1918)
The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
The Miracle of Love (1919)
April Folly (1920)
The Restless Sex (1920)
The Gilded Lily (1921)
Heedless Moths (1921)
Peacock Alley (1922)
Fascination (1922)
Broadway Rose (1922)
Jazzmania (1923)
Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
Circe, the Enchantress (1924)
Cheaper to Marry (1925)
Time, the Comedian (1925)
Bright Lights (1925)
Dance Madness (1926)
Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)
The Waning Sex (1926)
A Little Journey (1927)
The Demi-Bride (1927)
Adam and Evil (1927)
Tea for Three (1927)
Baby Mine (1928)
The Cardboard Lover (1928)
A Lady of Chance (1928)
Marianne (1929, silent)
Marianne (1929, musical)
The Divorcee (1930)
In Gay Madrid (1930)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
The Bachelor Father (1931)
Five and Ten (1931)
It's a Wise Child (1931)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Lovers Courageous (1932)
Strange Interlude (1932)
Peg o' My Heart (1933)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Outcast Lady (1934)
After Office Hours (1935)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Escapade (1935)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
Maytime (1937)
The Firefly (1937)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Broadway Serenade (1939)
New Moon (1940)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
We Were Dancing (1942)
Stand By for Action (1942)
The Man from Down Under (1943)
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
The Secret Heart (1946)
Cynthia (1947)
B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
The Bribe (1949)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
The Clown (1953)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1953)
Her Twelve Men (1954)
The King's Thief (1955)
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