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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Madame X (1929 film) canonical 3
Madame X (1966 film) 1
Madame X (play) 1

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

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Tully Marshall notableWork Madame X (1929 film)
Tully Marshall performedIn Madame X (1929 film)
Lana Turner notableWork Madame X (1966 film)
linked to: Madame X (1929 film)
Doris Kenyon notableWork Madame X (1929 film)
Madame X (1929 film) basedOn Madame X (play)
linked to: Madame X (1929 film)