Annabelle's Affairs
{{short description|1931 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Annabelle's Affairs
| image =File:Annabelle's Affairs.jpg
| caption =Jeanette MacDonald, Sally Blane and Joyce Compton
| director = Alfred L. Werker
| producer = William Fox
William Goetz
| based_on = {{based on| Good Gracious Annabelle, a 1916 play| Clare Kummer}}
| screenplay = Leon Gordon
Harlan Thompson
| starring = Victor McLaglen
Jeanette MacDonald
Roland Young
Sam Hardy
| music = George Lipschultz
| cinematography = Charles G. Clarke
| editing = Margaret Clancey
| studio = Fox Film Corporation
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1931|06|14}}
| runtime = 76 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English}}
Annabelle's Affairs is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. The film is based on the 1916-17 play Good Gracious Annabelle by Clare Kummer. It is the only one of MacDonald's films to be considered lost.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} It was well received by critics, but did not perform well at the box office.Turk, p. 105[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8273 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Annabelle's Affairs]
Plot
After they are separated shortly after their marriage, Annabelle doesn't really know what her husband looks like. When they meet later she finds herself falling in love with him, without realizing that they are already married.
Cast
- Victor McLaglen as John Rawson / Hefly Jack
- Jeanette MacDonald as Annabelle Leigh
- Roland Young as Roland Wimbleton
- Sam Hardy as James Ludgate
- William Collier Sr. as Wickham
- Sally Blane as Dora
- Joyce Compton as Mabel
- Ruth Warren as Lottie
- George Beranger as Archie
- Walter Walker as Walter J. Gosling
- Hank Mann as Summers
- Jed Prouty as Bolson
- Louise Beavers as Ruby
- Wilbur Mack as Vance, assistant hotel manager
See also
References
Bibliography
- Turk, Edward Baron. Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. University of California Press, 1998.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0021610}}
{{Alfred L. Werker}}
Category:1931 romantic comedy films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:English-language romantic comedy films
Category:Films directed by Alfred L. Werker
Category:Lost American romantic comedy films
Category:Silent American romantic comedy films
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