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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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)