No One Man
{{short description|1932 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = No One Man
| image = No One Man ad in The Film Daily, 1932.jpg
| caption =
| director = Lloyd Corrigan
| producer =
| writer = Sidney Buchman
Percy Heath (adaptation)
| narrator =
| starring = Carole Lombard
Ricardo Cortez
Paul Lukas
| cinematography = Charles Lang
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1932|01|30}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
No One Man is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Carole Lombard and Ricardo Cortez, and directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It is based on a novel by Rupert Hughes.
Plot
Penelope Newbold is a wealthy divorcée looking to remarry. She falls for her physician, Dr. Karl Bemis, but ends up marrying Bill Hanaway. He then has an affair with another woman. After Bill dies of a heart attack, Penelope and Dr. Bemis come together.{{cite book|author=Ott, Frederick W.|title=The Films of Carole Lombard|year=1972|location=Secaucus, New Jersey|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=978-0806502786|pages=91–92}}
Cast
- Carole Lombard : Penelope Newbold
- Ricardo Cortez : Bill Hanaway
- Paul Lukas : Dr. Karl Bemis
- Juliette Compton : Sue Folsom
- George Barbier : Alfred Newbold
- Virginia Hammond : Mrs. Newbold
- Arthur Pierson : Stanley McIlvaine
Critical Response
International Photographer gave the film a positive, if not overly enthusiastic review, calling "gentlemanly and ladylike" and "smart society stuff."Blaisdell, George. "Looking In on Just a Few New Ones." The International Photographer Vol. 3 No. 12 p32. February, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.
See also
- The House That Shadows Built (1931), a Paramount promotional film with excerpts from No One Man
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0023279}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films with screenplays by Sidney Buchman
Category:Films based on works by Rupert Hughes
Category:Films directed by Lloyd Corrigan
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