A Lady to Love

A Lady to Love is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Sjöström and written by Sidney Howard. It stars Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle and Lloyd Ingraham. The film was released on February 28, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Bánky and Robinson appeared in German-language version also produced and directed by Sjöström. Otherwise with a different cast, it was released a year later in the United States as Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau.[1]

A Lady to Love
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Directed byVictor Sjöström
Screenplay bySidney Howard
Based onThey Knew What They Wanted
by Sidney Howard
Produced byVictor Sjöström
StarringVilma Bánky
Edward G. Robinson
Robert Ames
Richard Carle
Lloyd Ingraham
CinematographyMerritt B. Gerstad
Edited byConrad A. Nervig
Leslie F. Wilder
Music byWilliam Axt
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • February 28, 1930 (1930-02-28)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Banky on the film's poster.

Plot

Tony, a prosperous Italian vineyardist in California, advertises for a young wife, passing off a photograph of his handsome hired man, Buck, as himself. Lena, a San Francisco waitress, takes up the offer, and though she is disillusioned upon discovering the truth (particularly since her first sight of Tony is after an accident that saw him break both of his legs), she goes through with the marriage because of her desire to have a home. While first irritated at Buck, she falls weak for him after the wedding that sees her kiss him. He leaves for a time, which leads Lena to decide to take on the effort of serving as Tony's nurse for three months to have something to do. Buck returns at the time that Tony is finally able to use crutches, but she finds that she does in fact have love for her husband.


Cast

Reception

Mordaunt Hall in The New York Times praised Robinson but finds the rest lacking: "The picture lacks a pictorial mobility, but its range of acting, as offered by Mr. Robinson, from the lightest humor of emotions, as depicted during the scene when he discovers himself forsaken by his loved ones, is most gratifying."[2]

In 1958, the film entered the public domain (in the USA) because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.

See also

References
  1. Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. Hall, Mordaunt (March 1, 1930). "Film of Play is Effective". The New York Times.


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