The Lady of Scandal
Brief Synopsis
A nobleman risks his family's wrath by courting an actress.
Cast & Crew
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Sidney Franklin
Director
Ruth Chatterton
Elsie
Basil Rathbone
Edward
Ralph Forbes
John
Nance O'neil
Lady Trench
Frederick Kerr
Lord Trench
Film Details
Genre
Romance
Comedy
Release Date
May
24,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The High Road by Frederick Lonsdale (London, 7 Sep 1927).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 16m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,858ft
(8 reels)
Synopsis
Elsie, a popular English actress, falls in love with John, a young nobleman, who takes her to visit his family's estate, where his relatives hope she will be sufficently bored to give him up. Instead, her freshness soon invigorates the staid family members, and a secret affair develops between Elsie and Edward, the prospective bridegroom's cousin. When Elsie discovers that Edward is having an affair with a married woman, he declares he will give her up; however, when the woman's husband dies in Paris, Elsie, having been released from her betrothal to John, induces Edward to join the widow. She herself returns to the stage.
Director
Sidney Franklin
Director
Cast
Ruth Chatterton
Elsie
Basil Rathbone
Edward
Ralph Forbes
John
Nance O'neil
Lady Trench
Frederick Kerr
Lord Trench
Herbert Bunston
Lord Crayle
Cyril Chadwick
Sir Reginald
Effie Ellsler
Lady Minster
Robert Bolder
Hilary
Moon Carroll
Alice
Mackenzie Ward
Ernest
Edgar Norton
Morton
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Romance
Comedy
Release Date
May
24,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The High Road by Frederick Lonsdale (London, 7 Sep 1927).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 16m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,858ft
(8 reels)
