Directed by:
Anatole LitvakScreenplay:
Casey RobinsonCinematography:
Ernest HallerComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil, Virginia Weidler, Helen Westley, Walter Hampden, Henry Daniell, Harry Davenport, George Coulouris (more)VOD (1)
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Henriette Deluzy Desportes becomes governess to the children of the Duc de Praslin. The jealous Duchesse spreads rumors of an affair between Henriette and the Duc. Finally she insists Henriette leave their employ, and fails to supply her with a promised letter of reference. When the Duc learns of this they argue and the next morning the Duchesse is found dead. The Duc takes poison and Henriette is forced to flee France. Facing a classroom of hostile students in New York, she tells them the story of "the notorious Mademoiselle D." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bette Davis
USA
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Charles Boyer
France
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Jeffrey Lynn
USA
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Barbara O'Neil
USA
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Virginia Weidler
USA
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Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Helen Westley
USA
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Walter Hampden
USA
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Henry Daniell
UK
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Harry Davenport
USA
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George Coulouris
UK
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Montagu Love
UK
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Janet Beecher
USA
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June Lockhart
USA
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Fritz Leiber
USA
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Ian Keith
USA
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Edward Fielding
USA
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Mary Anderson
USA
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Ann Gillis
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Peggy Stewart
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Creighton Hale
Ireland
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