Glamour
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
William Wyler
Paul Lukas
Constance Cummings
Phillip Reed
Doris Lloyd
Joseph Cawthorn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Young and beautiful Linda Fayne is determined to become a stage star. By following him to his country home with non-stop chatter, Linda pesters composer Victor Banki until he takes her in and, at his wit's end, promises to write a song for her. When she overhears Victor's conversation with theater owner Carl Ibsen, she realizes he is uninterested in her and leaves. Victor is haunted by the thought of her, however, and after finding her again, falls in love with her and diverts all of his energy into making her a star. Unfortunately, Linda has no real talent, either as a dancer or singer. After Victor and she marry, Linda reads a movie star's account of how having a child improved her acting, and decides to have a child. In spite of her lack of talent, Linda becomes a major star after her baby is born and is hounded by reporters, dressmakers, photographers and aspiring actors. She has no time for her son Stevie, whose nurse Nana distrusts her and contrives to keep him away from her. One night at dinner, Victor and Linda discover a new talent, Lorenzo Valenti, and cast him in a leading role opposite Linda. Linda and Lorenzo fall in love, and after the musical ends, Linda leaves Victor to marry Lorenzo. Lorenzo becomes a star in London and Linda subjugates her career for him, becoming his secretary. She is blissfully happy until she discovers he is having an affair. Linda leaves Lorenzo and returns to America just as her little son dies of pneumonia. Stevie's death destroys Victor, who has been unable to compose music since Linda left him. Linda receives a telegram from Lorenzo asking her forgiveness and her return, but she realizes she and Victor belong together and they reunite.
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Paul Lukas
Constance Cummings
Phillip Reed
Doris Lloyd
Joseph Cawthorn
Alice Lake
Olaf Hytten
Jessie Mcallister
Lita Chevret
Luis Alberni
Yola D'avril
Grace Hale
Louise Beavers
Wilson Benge
Phil Tead
Lyman Williams
David Dickinson
Peggy Campbell
Edwin Cooper
Montague Shaw
George Humbert
George Kirby
James Durkin
Claire Du Brey
Sheila Mannors
Jacqueline Allen
Lois January
Olive Faye
Doris Llewelyn
May Beatty
Walter Regan
Bobby Watson
Nora Cecil
Walter Bonn
Crew
Harry Akst
Harry Akst
Doris Anderson
L. G. Blochman
Wallace Chewning
Walter Donaldson
Arthur Gerstle
Jeff Gibbons
Charles D. Hall
Harold Hecht
Howard Jackson
Ted Kent
David Klatzkin
Gilbert Kurland
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle
Harry Mancke
Shirley Martin
Maurice Pivar
George Robinson
Freda Rosenblatt
Ray Taylor
Roy Turk
Roy Turk
Gladys Unger
Sam K. Wineland
B. F. Zeidman
Edward Zeranski
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Fifteen minutes were cut from the film after the Hollywood preview and before the New York release.
Notes
The onscreen title reads "Edna Ferber's Glamour." According to news items in Hollywood Reporter, Lois Weber was initially slated to write and direct the film, and Universal attempted to get Doris Kenyon for the lead, however, the production would have upset her honeymoon plans. Hollywood Reporter also noted that George O'Neill was to write revisions of the script, however, his contribution to the final film is undetermined. According to a Variety review, fifteen minutes of the film were cut between its Hollywood preview and New York release. A modern source notes that Constance Cummings was engaged to Carl Laemmle, Jr. at the time of this film.
