Confession (1937)
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Synopsis of Confession
German director Joe May brought a decidedly Teutonic ambience to his American film Confession--no surprise, since the film was based on the 1935 German production Mazurka. Kay Francis plays a onetime singer who confesses to the murder of her pianist, Basil Rathbone. In flashback, we learn that Rathbone had been responsible for the breakup of Francis's marriage. Years later, Rathbone came back into her life, this time with the intention of seducing Ms. Francis' grown daughter (Jane Bryan). In a variation of Madame X, Francis was stuck with the dilemma of deflecting Rathbone from his "mission"--and of keeping her true identity secret from her daughter. Prior to Mazurka, the Hans Rameau story upon which Confession was based had been filmed as a silent picture starring Gloria Swanson. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Confession
- Kay Francis - Vera
- Basil Rathbone - Michael Michailow
- Mary Maguire - Hildegard
- Laura Hope Crewes - Stella
- Ben Welden - Defense attorney
- Lawrence Grant - Doctor
- Edward Keane - Cabaret manager
- Jack Richardson - Men at Station
- Evelyn Mulhall
- Dawn Bender - Lisa as a Baby
- Maurice Brierre - Actor Friend
- John Davidson
- Helen Valkis - Wanda
- Symona Boniface
- Sam Rice
- Jeffrey Sayre
- Ferdinand Munier - Bald Man at Theatre
- Anderson Lawler - Reporter
- Lane Chandler
- Ian Hunter - Leonide Kilrow
- Donald Crisp - Presiding Judge
- Dorothy Peterson - Mrs. Koslov
- Robert H. Barrat - Prosecuting Attorney
- Veda Ann Borg - Xenia
- Jane Bryan - Lisa
- John Mather
- Janet Shaw
- Peggy Keys
- Lyle Moraine - Usher at Theatre
- Al Lloyd
- Pierre Watkin - Lawyer
- Sam Ash - Waiter
- Perc Teeple
- Edward Price
- Elsa Peterson - Actress Friend
- Michael Mark - Russian Interpreter
- Jo Gilbert
- Director(s):
- Joe May
- Writer(s):
- Hans Rameau, Stanley Logan, Margaret LaVino
- Producer(s):
- Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
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