Maid of Salem is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.
| Maid of Salem | |
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Written by | Walter Ferris Durwad Grimstead Bradley King (also story) |
| Produced by | Howard Estabrook |
| Starring | Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Edited by | Hugh Bennett |
| Music by | Victor Young |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
It tells the story of a young girl in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, who has an affair with an adventurer. She is sentenced as a witch, but saved by him.
Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly positive review, describing the dialogue as "pompously period", but praising the story as one allowing for "a little authentic horror [] to creep in".[1]
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