The Lady Refuses
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| Directed by | George Archainbaud[2] |
| Screenplay by | Wallace Smith[1] |
| Story by | Guy Bolton Robert Milton[3] |
| Produced by | William LeBaron [3] Bertram Millhauser[1] |
| Starring | Betty Compson John Darrow Gilbert Emery Margaret Livingston |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover[1] |
| Edited by | Jack Kitchin[1] |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton. It stars Betty Compson as a destitute young woman on the verge of becoming a prostitute, who is hired by the wealthy Gilbert Emery to woo his never-do-well son, John Darrow away from the clutches of the gold-digging Margaret Livingston. The plot is regarded as risqué enough to appear in at least one collection of Pre-Code Hollywood films.
Plot
Cast
- Betty Compson as June
- John Darrow as Russell Courtney
- Gilbert Emery as Sir Gerald Courtney
- Margaret Livingston as Berthine Waller
- Ivan Lebedeff as Nikolai Rabinoff
- Edgar Norton as Sir Gerald's Butler
- Daphne Pollard as Apartment House Maid
- Halliwell Hobbes as Lawyer (unbilled)
- Reginald Sharland as Freddy (unbilled)
Notes
In 1959, the film entered the public domain in the United States due to the copyright claimants' failure to renew the copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e "The Lady Refuses: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
{{cite web}}:|archive-url=is malformed: timestamp (help) - ^ "The Lady Refuses". New York Times. Archived from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; August 17, 2014 suggested (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c "The Lady Refuses: Technical Details". theiapolis.com. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. OCLC 15122313. Retrieved 2012-01-05. See Note 60, pg. 143.
External links
- The Lady Refuses at IMDb
- allmovie/synopsis; The Lady Refuses
- The Lady Refuses available at Youtube
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