Confession (1937)
- Starring:
- Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joe May
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, Rovi
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
- Maurice Brierre - Actor Friend
- John Davidson
- Helen Valkis - Wanda
- Jeffrey Sayre
- Elsa Peterson - Actress Friend
- Symona Boniface
- Sam Rice
- Evelyn Mulhall
- Dawn Bender - Lisa as a Baby
- Ferdinand Munier - Bald Man at Theatre
- Edward Keane - Cabaret manager
- John Mather
- 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
- Al Lloyd
- Pierre Watkin - Lawyer
- Janet Shaw
- Jack Richardson - Men at Station
- Sam Ash - Waiter
- Perc Teeple
- Edward Price
- Peggy Keys
- Lyle Moraine - Usher at Theatre
- Jo Gilbert
- Michael Mark - Russian Interpreter
- Anderson Lawler - Reporter
- Director(s):
- Joe May
- Writer(s):
- Hans Rameau, Julius J. Epstein, Margaret LaVino
- Producer(s):
- Hal B. Wallis, Henry Blanke
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