The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
(1929) United States of America
B&W : [?] Seven, Eight or Nine? reels / 8651 feet / 95 minutes
Directed by Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer [Mrs. Cheyney], Basil Rathbone [Lord Arthur Dilling], George Barraud [Charles], Herbert Bunston [Lord Elton], Hedda Hopper [Lady Maria], Moon Carroll [Joan], Madeline Seymour [Mrs. Wynton], Cyril Chadwick [Willie Wynton], Maude Turner Gordon [Mrs. Webley], George K. Arthur, Finch Smiles
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Hans Kraly and Claudine West, from the play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Wardrobe (costume design) by Adrian (Gilbert Adrian). Cinematography by William Daniels. Sound recording supervision by Douglas Shearer. Sound recording engineer, G.A. Burns. Film editor, Conrad A. Nervig. Intertitles written by Lucille Newmark. / © 29 July 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP554]. Released 6 July 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 6484 feet) in 1929. The play was subsequently filmed as The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937). / [?] Full-sound film?
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: A sophisticated jewel thief falls in love with one of her intended victims.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Criminals: Thieves - United Kingdom: England
Listing updated: 4 August 2024.
References: Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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