When Ladies Meet (1933 film)
When Ladies Meet | |
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Directed by | Harry Beaumont Robert Z. Leonard (uncredited retakes) |
Screenplay by | Leon Gordon John Meehan |
Based on | When Ladies Meet 1932 play by Rachel Crothers |
Produced by | Lawrence Weingarten (associate producer) |
Starring | Ann Harding Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy Alice Brady Frank Morgan |
Cinematography | Ray June |
Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
Music by | William Axt |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
When Ladies Meet is a 1933 pre-Code film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery, Alice Brady, and Frank Morgan. The film is the first adaptation of the 1932 Rachel Crothers play of the same name. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons.[1]
The film was remade under the same name in 1941, starring Greer Garson, Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor and Herbert Marshall in the lead roles played by Harding, Loy, Montgomery and Morgan.
Plot[]
Mary (Myrna Loy), a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher (Frank Morgan). Her suitor Jimmie (Robert Montgomery) is determined to break them up. He introduces Mary to the publisher's wife (Ann Harding) without telling Mary who she is.
Cast[]
- Ann Harding as Claire Woodruff
- Robert Montgomery as Jimmie Lee
- Myrna Loy as Mary Howard
- Alice Brady as Bridget Drake
- Frank Morgan as Rogers Woodruff
- Martin Burton as Walter
- Luis Alberni as Pierre
- David Newell as Freddie (Uncredited)
- Sterling Holloway as Jerome The Caddy (Uncredited)
References[]
- ^ "NY Times: When Ladies Meet". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
External links[]
- When Ladies Meet at the TCM Movie Database
- When Ladies Meet at IMDb
- When Ladies Meet at AllMovie
- When Ladies Meet at the American Film Institute Catalog
- 1933 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Films directed by Harry Beaumont
- Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
- 1933 romantic comedy films
- American films based on plays
- American romantic comedy films
- 1930s romantic comedy film stubs