Outcast Lady
{{short description|1934 film by Robert Zigler Leonard}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Outcast Lady
| image = Outcast-Lady-1934-Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Robert Z. Leonard
| producer = Irving Thalberg
Robert Z. Leonard
| based_on = {{based on|The Green Hat
1924 novel|Michael Arlen}}
| writer = Zoe Akins
| starring = Constance Bennett
Herbert Marshall
Hugh Williams
| music = William Axt
Herbert Stothart
| cinematography = Charles Rosher
| editing = William LeVanway
| studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1934|09|28}}
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Outcast Lady is a 1934 American romantic drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The film stars Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. It is a sound version of Michael Arlen's 1924 novel The Green Hat, filmed in 1928 by MGM as A Woman of Affairs with Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/7291-OUTCAST-LADY The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Outcast Lady]
Plot
Iris March agrees to marry a longtime friend of her brother Gerald, Boy Fenwick, when her true love, Napier Harpenden, spends four years away from her establishing a business in India. However, on their wedding night, a stranger reveals a secret about Boy's past to her that, when he learns that she has been informed of it, drives him to take his own life. When she refuses to disclose that secret to explain his suicide, suspicions about her character grow, and she is alienated from her brother and most of her acquaintances.
Cast
- Constance Bennett as Iris March Fenwick
- Herbert Marshall as Napier Harpenden
- Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Lady Eve
- Hugh Williams as Gerald March
- Ralph Forbes as Boy Fenwick
- Elizabeth Allan as Venice Harpenden
- Henry Stephenson as Sir Maurice Harpenden
- Robert Loraine as Hilary
- Lumsden Hare as Guy
- Leo G. Carroll as Dr. Masters (credited as Leo Carroll)
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025611/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 Outcast Lady @ IMDb.com]
- {{TCMDb title|1590}}
- {{AFI film|7291}}
{{Robert Z. Leonard}}
Category:Remakes of American films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Sound film remakes of silent films
Category:1934 romantic drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American romantic drama films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films scored by William Axt
Category:Films scored by Herbert Stothart
Category:English-language romantic drama films
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