Maid of Salem is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.
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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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