Nana is a 1934 American pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice.
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Directed by | Dorothy Arzner George Fitzmaurice |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
Starring | Anna Sten Lionel Atwill Richard Bennett Mae Clarke |
Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
Edited by | Frank Lawrence |
Production company | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
This version of Émile Zola's 1880 novel and heroine was to be the vehicle for Sten's triumph as Samuel Goldwyn's trained, groomed and heavily promoted answer to Greta Garbo. Despite a record-breaking opening week at Radio City Music Hall, Sten was beautiful but disappointing.
Goldwyn's tutoring of Sten is mentioned in Cole Porter's 1934 song "Anything Goes" from the musical of the same name: "If Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction / Instruct Anna Sten in diction / Then Anna shows / Anything goes."
A Parisian streetwalker is discovered by a theatrical impresario and becomes a stage success. At her height of popularity, she falls in love with a soldier, and draws both ire and fascination from his protective older brother.
The film was a box office disappointment.[1][2]
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