A Wicked Woman
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| Directed by | Charles Brabin |
| Written by | Florence Ryerson Zelda Sears |
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| Produced by | Harry Rapf |
| Starring | Mady Christians Jean Parker Charles Bickford Marilyn Harris |
| Cinematography | Lester White |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | Score: William Axt Songs: Burton Lane (music) Harold Adamson (lyrics)[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $378,000[2] |
| Box office | $333,000[2] |
A Wicked Woman is a 1934 drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Mady Christians as a woman who kills her abusive husband to protect her family and builds a new life to raise their four children. The film also stars Jean Parker and Charles Bickford. It was based on the novel Wicked Woman by Anne Austin.
Plot
Cast
- Mady Christians as Naomi Trice, aka Naomi Stroud
- Jean Parker as Rosanne
- Charles Bickford as Naylor, the man who wins Naomi's love
- Betty Furness as Yancey
- William Henry as Curtis
- Jackie Searl as Curtis as a Child (credited as Jackie Searle)
- Betty Jane Graham as Yancey as a Child
- Marilyn Harris as Rosanne as a Child
- Paul Harvey as Ed Trice
- Zelda Sears as Gram Teague
- Robert Taylor as Bill Renton
- Sterling Holloway as Peter
- Georgie Billings as Neddie
- DeWitt Jennings as Sheriff
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $206,000 in the US and Canada and $127,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $181,000.[2]
References
- ↑ Bloom, Ken (1995). Hollywood Song: The Complete Film Musical Companion. New York, NY: Facts on File. pp. 1067–1068. ISBN 0-8160-2002-7.
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
External links
- A Wicked Woman at IMDb
- A Wicked Woman at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- A Wicked Woman at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Categories:
- 1934 films
- American romantic drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Charles Brabin
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Fiction about mariticide
- 1934 romantic drama films
- Films produced by Harry Rapf
- Films with songs by Burton Lane
- Films with songs by Harold Adamson
- Films with screenplays by Florence Ryerson
- 1934 American films
- Films scored by William Axt
- 1934 English-language films
- English-language romantic drama films
- 1930s romantic drama film stubs
