Once a Lady

Nov 7, 1931

1h 20m

★ 3.5

Overview

A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to leave Britain and moves to Paris. Many years later, her daughter approaches her, needing her help.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Anna Keremazoff

Ruth Chatterton

Bennett Cloud

Ivor Novello

Faith Penwick

Jill Esmond

Jimmy Fenwick

Geoffrey Kerr

Lady Ellen Somerville

Doris Lloyd

Roger Fenwick

Herbert Bunston

Mrs. Fenwick

Gwendolyn Logan

Alice Fenwick

Stella Moore

Caroline Gryce

Edith Kingdon

Allen Corinth

Bramwell Fletcher

Harry Cosden

Theodore von Eltz

Miss Bleeker

Ethel Griffies

Mary Gray elopes to Atlantic City, NJ, but begins having second thoughts about the marriage. Then she becomes inexplicably locked in her hotel room, and a series of cops, robbers and kidnappers passes through. Desperate, Mary trusts the shifty chambermaid Clara who whisks her away to the mansion of wealthy George Blaine. There, Mary must pretend to be a lowly cook, but that seems better than sticking with the guy she was engaged to.

5.1

Inside the Lines

Jul 5, 1930

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6.0

Tess of the Storm Country

Nov 20, 1932

When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long. A local millionaire, Frederick Garfield, lays a false claim to the property and has them evicted. Later, when Tess saves a young man about her age from drowning, she is a bit dismayed to learn that he is Garfield's son. But when her father is jailed on a false-accusation charge of murder, the younger Garfield comes to their aid and proves he himself.

5.0

Paris Bound

Aug 3, 1929

Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of a church wedding, the bride believing that each should be allowed perfect freedom in personal contacts. Complications arise when these ideals are put into practice.

4.3

Ladies' Man

Apr 16, 1931

A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."

8.1

M

May 11, 1931

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

4.8

Dancers in the Dark

Mar 11, 1932

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.

5.4

Three Who Loved

Jul 3, 1931

A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.

4.7

Playing Around

Jan 10, 1930

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.

5.8

Storm at Daybreak

Jun 14, 1933

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7.2

One Way Passage

Oct 4, 1932

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

6.7

Night World

May 4, 1932

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.

5.8

Parole Girl

Mar 4, 1933

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

4.5

Strange Justice

Oct 7, 1932

Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager Waters and is blackmailed by him into continuing. Close to being found out, the two devise a scheme which sends Wally, the ex-con boyfriend of pretty hat check girl Rose Abbott, to death row.

4.7

Tarnished Lady

May 1, 1931

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4.0

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5.0

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Jan 16, 1932

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