Gallant Lady (1934 film)
{{short description|1933 film by Gregory La Cava}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gallant Lady
| image = Gallant Lady (1934 film) poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Gregory La Cava
| producer = Darryl F. Zanuck
| screenplay = Sam Mintz
| story = Douglas Z. Doty
Gilbert Emery
| starring = Ann Harding
Clive Brook
Otto Kruger
| music = Alfred Newman
| cinematography = J. Peverell Marley
| editing = Barbara McLean
| studio = Twentieth Century Pictures
| distributor = United Artists
| released = {{Film date|1934|1|5}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Gallant Lady is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Ann Harding, Clive Brook and Otto Kruger. It was a production of Darryl F. Zanuck's independent company Twentieth Century Pictures. The film was released on January 5, 1934, by United Artists.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75907/gallant-lady|title=Gallant Lady (1934) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=8 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/gallant-lady/124098|title=Gallant Lady|work=TV Guide|accessdate=8 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D03E4D71439E33ABC4A51DFB766838F629EDE|title=Movie Review - Gallant Lady (1934) Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Janet Beecher and Others in the New Picture at the Rivoli. |work=The New York Times|accessdate=8 October 2014}} It was a commercial and critical success on its release.Solomon p.211-12 It was remade in 1938 as Always Goodbye with Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert Marshall.Tims p.58
Plot
In New York Sally Wyndham watches in distress as her aviator fiancee is killed in a plane crash. Pregnant and dazed, she wanders the streets and encounters Dan Pritchard, a doctor who served a two year prison sentence for committing what he considered a mercy killing on one of his patients. With his support, she gives up her child for adoption to a couple of his friends. Her quest for stability and happiness later takes her to Italy and Paris. She eventually comes to hope that the child's adoptive mother will return her son to her.
Cast
- Ann Harding as Sally Wyndham
- Clive Brook as Dan Pritchard
- Otto Kruger as Phillip Lawrence
- Tullio Carminati as Count Mario Carniri
- Dickie Moore as Deedy Lawrence
- Janet Beecher as Maria Sherwood
- Betty Lawford as Cynthia Haddon
- Scotty Beckett as Deedy - Age 2 (uncredited)
References
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Bibliography
- Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
- Tims, Hilton. Emotion Pictures: The 'Women's Picture', 1930-55. Columbus, 1987.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0024046|Gallant Lady}}
{{Gregory La Cava}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Gregory La Cava
Category:Films scored by Alfred Newman
Category:Twentieth Century Pictures films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films set in New York City
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