Charming Sinners

Charming Sinners is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Robert Milton and written by W. Somerset Maugham and Doris Anderson. The film stars Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Mary Nolan, William Powell, Laura Hope Crews and Florence Eldridge. The film was released on August 17, 1929, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the 1926 play The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham.

Charming Sinners
Directed byRobert Milton
Screenplay byDoris Anderson
Based onThe Constant Wife
by W. Somerset Maugham
StarringRuth Chatterton
Clive Brook
Mary Nolan
William Powell
Laura Hope Crews
Florence Eldridge
Music byKarl Hajos
W. Franke Harling
CinematographyVictor Milner
Edited byVerna Willis
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 17, 1929 (1929-08-17)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It has been described as a "splendid example of the early talkie period" with use of static camera and dialogue-heavy scenes.[3]

Plot

In London, aware of her husband's longstanding affair and feeling neglected, Kathryn Miles flirts with a former flame in a plot to teach her husband a lesson without endangering their marriage.

Cast

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References

  1. "Charming-Sinners - Trailer - Cast". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  2. "Charming Sinners". afi.com. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. Bryant p.61

Bibliography

  • Bryant, Roger. William Powell: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2014.


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