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Merely Mary Ann Directed by Henry King Written by Jules Furthman
Israel Zangwill (play)Starring Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Beryl MercerMusic by Richard Fall Cinematography Arthur E. Arling
John F. SeitzEditing by Frank E. Hull Distributed by Fox Film Corporation Release date(s) 6 September 1931 Running time 74 mins Country USA Language English Merely Mary Ann (1931) is a romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise. The film, involving an orphan (Gaynor) and a flat-broke composer (Farrell), was written by Jules Furthman from Israel Zangwill's play and directed by Henry King.
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Mary Ann
- Charles Farrell as John Lonsdale
- Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Leadbatter
- J. M. Kerrigan as First Drayman
- Tom Whiteley as Second Drayman
- Lorna Balfour as Lorna Leadbatter
- Arnold Lucy as Vicar Smedge
- G.P. Huntley as Peter Brooke
External links
- Merely Mary Ann at the Internet Movie Database
- Merely Mary Ann at Project Gutenberg (Original novel)
Films directed by Henry King 1910s 1920s Tol'able David (1921) · The White Sister (1923) · Romola (1924) · Stella Dallas (1925) · The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) · The Magic Flame (1927)1930s Merely Mary Ann (1931) · State Fair (1933) · Carolina (1934) · Marie Galante (1934) · One More Spring (1935) · Ramona (1936) · Lloyd's of London (1936) · In Old Chicago (1937) · Seventh Heaven (1937) · Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) · Jesse James (1939) · Stanley and Livingstone (1939)1940s Little Old New York (1940) · Maryland (1940) · Chad Hanna (1940) · A Yank in the RAF (1941) · Remember the Day (1941) · The Black Swan (1942) · The Song of Bernadette (1943) · Wilson (1944) · A Bell for Adano (1945) · Margie (1946) · Captain from Castile (1947) · Deep Waters (1948) · Prince of Foxes (1948) · Twelve O'Clock High (1949)1950s The Gunfighter (1950) · I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) · David and Bathsheba (1951) · Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952) · The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) · King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) · Untamed (1955) · Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) · Carousel (1956) · The Sun Also Rises (1957) · The Bravados (1958) · This Earth Is Mine (1959) · Beloved Infidel (1959)1960s Tender Is the Night (1962)Categories:- 1931 films
- American films
- Black-and-white films
- English-language films
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Henry King
- 1930s romantic comedy films
- 1930s comedy-drama films
- Comedy-drama film stubs
- Romantic comedy film stubs
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