Madame X (1929 film)
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Madame X (1929 film) is a 1929 American pre-Code melodrama, based on the famous French play, about a woman whose scandalous past leads to tragic consequences when she is tried for murder defended by the son who does not know her identity.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Madame X (1966 film) | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
French play
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Madame X (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterIn | story of a woman with a scandalous past ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmIndustry | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | earlier silent film adaptations of Madame X ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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melodrama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationSourceAuthor | Alexandre Bisson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeadActor | Ruth Chatterton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | mother and son relationship ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
defense by her son who does not know her identity
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woman tried for murder ⓘ |
| producer | Irving Thalberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| runtimeApprox | about 95 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bayard Veiller
NERFINISHED
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Willis Goldbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary to late 1920s ⓘ |
| stars |
Carroll Nye
NERFINISHED
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Henry B. Walthall NERFINISHED ⓘ Holmes Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Hackett NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Chatterton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Toler NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulrich Haupt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
maternal love
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redemption ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| title | Madame X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Madame X (1966 film)