A Lady to Love is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Sjöström and written by Sidney Howard. It stars Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle and Lloyd Ingraham. The film was released on February 28, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Bánky and Robinson appeared in German-language version also produced and directed by Sjöström. Otherwise with a different cast, it was released a year later in the United States as Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau.[1]
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Directed by | Victor Sjöström |
Screenplay by | Sidney Howard |
Based on | They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard |
Produced by | Victor Sjöström |
Starring | Vilma Bánky Edward G. Robinson Robert Ames Richard Carle Lloyd Ingraham |
Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig Leslie F. Wilder |
Music by | William Axt |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Tony, a prosperous Italian vineyardist in California, advertises for a young wife, passing off a photograph of his handsome hired man, Buck, as himself. Lena, a San Francisco waitress, takes up the offer, and though she is disillusioned upon discovering the truth, she goes through with the marriage because of her desire to have a home and partially because of her weakness for Buck, whose efforts to take her away from Tony confirm her love for her husband.
Mordaunt Hall in The New York Times praised Robinson but finds the rest lacking: "The picture lacks a pictorial mobility, but its range of acting, as offered by Mr. Robinson, from the lightest humor of emotions, as depicted during the scene when he discovers himself forsaken by his loved ones, is most gratifying."[2]
In 1958, the film entered the public domain (in the USA) because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
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