A Woman Commands
{{short description|1932 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Woman Commands
| image = AWomanCommandsPoster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster of the film
| director = Paul L. Stein
E. J. Babille (assistant)
| producer = Charles R. Rogers
Harry Joe Brown (associate)
| screenplay = Horace Jackson
| story = Thilde Forster
| starring = Pola Negri
Roland Young
Basil Rathbone
| music = Arthur Lange
Nacio Herb Brown
| cinematography = Hal Mohr
Arthur C. Miller(additional footage)
| editing = Daniel Mandell
George Hively
| studio = RKO Radio Pictures
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1932|1|1|US|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6957 | title=A Woman Commands: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= June 2, 2015| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329191826/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6957 | archivedate=March 29, 2014}}}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $415,000Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p58
}}
A Woman Commands is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Roland Young, and Basil Rathbone. Some additional scenes were directed by an uncredited Harry Joe Brown.
Cast
- Pola Negri as Madame Maria Draga/Queen Draga of Serbia
- Roland Young as King Alexander
- Basil Rathbone as Captain Alex Pastitsch
- H. B. Warner as Colonel Stradimirovitsch
- Anthony Bushell as Lt. Iwan Petrovitch
- Reginald Owen as The Prime Minister
- May Boley as Mascha
- Frank Reicher as The General
- George Baxter as Chedo
- David Newell as Adutant
- Allan Cavan as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Carl Stockdale as Priest (uncredited)
Reception
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0023704}}
- {{TCMDb title|96118}}
{{Paul L. Stein}}
{{Harry Joe Brown}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Paul L. Stein
Category:Films directed by Harry Joe Brown
Category:Films scored by Arthur Lange
Category:Films set in Belgrade
Category:Cultural depictions of Serbian monarchs
Category:Cultural depictions of Serbian people
Category:Biographical films about Serbian royalty
Category:1930s English-language films
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