A Lost Lady (1934 film)
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Phil Rosen (uncredited)
1923 novel
by Willa Cather
| A Lost Lady | |
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green Phil Rosen (uncredited) |
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| Based on | A Lost Lady 1923 novel by Willa Cather |
| Produced by | James Seymour |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Lost Lady is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan and Ricardo Cortez. It is based on the 1923 novel A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, with a screenplay by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola. Warner Bros. had produced a 1924 silent film based on the story, starring Irene Rich.
Ned and Marian, soon to be married, are confronted by a man while leaving a formal party. The man accuses Ned of having an affair with the man's wife and shoots Ned dead.
Marian travels to a resort in the Canadian Rockies, hoping to overcome her emotional withdrawal. One day while walking alone, she falls from a ledge and injures her leg. She is discovered and rescued by Dan Forrester and his dog Sandy. Dan visits Marian every day, although she remains upset about her fiancé's death. Before he returns home, Dan asks Marian to marry him. She refuses at first, telling him that she does not love him, but he is undeterred. At the last moment, she changes her mind and accepts his proposal. However, after the wedding, they sleep in separate bedrooms.
Dan and Marian move to Chicago, where he heads a successful law firm. He pampers Marian, building her a mansion in the country, and helps her to overcome her depression. One day, pilot Frank Ellinger is forced to perform an emergency landing on the Forrester estate after his airplane's fuel supply is depleted. Mistaking Marian for a servant, Frank grabs and kisses her. She slaps him in the face and leaves, but emotions are stirred within her.
Marian and Frank meet unexpectedly at a social event. She rejects his advances, but he persists. When Dan travels to New York for three weeks on business, Frank sees her every day, and Marian soon falls in love with him. When Dan returns, Marian tells him the news, and he is devastated and cannot sleep, although he has a major corporate case set for trial the following day. At the trial, he collapses and suffers a heart attack. Marian, who had already packed her belongings to begin a life with Frank, refuses to leave Dan's side in spite of Frank's pressure. She realizes that she has finally come to love her husband, and she tells him so.
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Marian Ormsby Forrester
- Frank Morgan as Daniel "Dan" Forrester
- Ricardo Cortez as Frank Ellinger
- Lyle Talbot as Neil Herbert
- Phillip Reed as Ned Montgomery
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Robert, Forrester's butler
- Henry Kolker as John Ormsby
- Rafaela Ottiano as Rosa, Marian's maid
- Edward McWade as Simpson, Forrester's receptionist
- Walter Walker as Judge Hardy, one of Dan's friends
- Samuel S. Hinds as Jim Sloane
- Willie Fung as Forrester's Cook
- Jameson Thomas as Lord Verrington[1]