Maid of Salem
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Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
Written by | Walter Ferris Durwad Grimstead Bradley King (also story) |
Produced by | Howard Estabrook |
Starring | Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray |
Cinematography | Leo Tover |
Edited by | Hugh Bennett |
Music by | Victor Young |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | March 3, 1937 |
Running time | 85 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Maid of Salem is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.
Plot[]
It tells the story of a young girl in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, who has an affair with an adventurer. She is sentenced as a witch, but saved by him.
Cast[]
- Claudette Colbert as Barbara Clarke
- Fred MacMurray as Roger Coverman
- Harvey Stephens as Dr. John Harding
- Gale Sondergaard as Martha Harding
- Louise Dresser as Ellen Clarke
- Benny Bartlett as Timothy Clarke
- Edward Ellis as Elder Goode
- Beulah Bondi as Abigail Goode
- Bonita Granville as Ann Goode
- Virginia Weidler as Nabby Goode
- Donald Meek as Ezra Cheeves
- E.E. Clive as Bilge
- Halliwell Hobbes as Jeremiah
- Pedro de Cordoba as Mr. Morse
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Tituba
- Lucy Beaumont as Rebecca, the Nurse
- Henry Kolker as the Crown Chief Justice Laughton
- William Farnum as the Crown Justice Sewall
- Ivan F. Simpson as Rev. Parris
- Brandon Hurst as the Tithing Man
- Sterling Holloway as Miles Corbin, the Cow Herder
- Zeffie Tilbury as Goody Hodgers
- Babs Nelson as Baby Mercy Cheeves
- Mary Treen as Susy Abbott
- J. Farrell MacDonald as the Captain of the Ship
- Stanley Fields as the First Mate
- Lionel Belmore as the Tavern Keeper
- Wally Albright as Jasper (uncredited)
- Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited)
- Russell Simpson as Village Marshal (uncredited)
Reception[]
Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly positive review, describing the dialogue as "pompously period", but praising the story as one allowing for "a little authentic horror [] to creep in".[1]
References[]
- ^ Greene, Graham (5 March 1937). "Fire Over England/Maid of Salem/Theodora Goes Wild". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1937 films
- Paramount Pictures films
- American films
- 1930s English-language films
- American historical drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Frank Lloyd
- 1937 drama films
- 1930s historical drama films
- Films scored by Victor Young
- Films set in Massachusetts
- Films set in the 1690s
- Films set in the Thirteen Colonies
- Drama films based on actual events
- Salem witch trials in fiction
- Historical film stubs