Once a Lady (1931)
In this drama, a Russian woman marries a British aristocrat, bears him a daughter, and is forced to abandon them by his snooty family when he decides to run for Parliament because constituents would disapprove of her eccentric Russian ways. The poor wife moves to Paris and many years pass. The daughter travels to Paris, and there unknowingly meets her mother who gives her some sage advice when the young woman falls in love with a man her father disapproves of. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello, (more)
- Director(s):
- Guthrie McClintic
Synopsis of Once a Lady
In this drama, a Russian woman marries a British aristocrat, bears him a daughter, and is forced to abandon them by his snooty family when he decides to run for Parliament because constituents would disapprove of her eccentric Russian ways. The poor wife moves to Paris and many years pass. The daughter travels to Paris, and there unknowingly meets her mother who gives her some sage advice when the young woman falls in love with a man her father disapproves of. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Once a Lady
- Ruth Chatterton - Anna Keremazoff
- Jill Esmond - Faith Penwick the Girl
- Doris Lloyd - Lady Ellen
- Gwendolen Logan - Mrs. Fenwick
- Bramwell Fletcher - Allen Corinth
- Lillian Rich - Jane Vernon
- Claude King - Sir William Gresham
- Ivor Novello - Bennett Cloud
- Geoffrey Kerr - Jimmy Fenwick
- Herbert Bunston - Roger Fenwick
- Edith Kingdon - Caroline Gryce
- Theodore Von Eltz - Harry Cosden
- Ethel Griffies - Miss Bleeker
- Director(s):
- Guthrie McClintic
- Writer(s):
- Samuel Hoffenstein, Zoë Akins
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