Madame X (1937)
Sam Wood directed this fourth version of the Alexandre Bisson weeper, buffed to a high gloss by shimmering M.G.M. production values. Gladys George plays Jacqueline Fleuriot this time around, the wife of a diplomat who has an affair and is compelled to leave her husband and son. After abandoning her family, she sinks into a sea of debauchery, becoming involved in prostitution, blackmail, and eventually murder. After the murder, her son Raymond (John Beal), now a grown man and a famous lawyer, is called upon to defend her. Unaware that the woman he is defending is his long lost mother, Jacqueline tries to hide her past from her successful son. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gladys George, John Beal, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
Synopsis of Madame X
Sam Wood directed this fourth version of the Alexandre Bisson weeper, buffed to a high gloss by shimmering M.G.M. production values. Gladys George plays Jacqueline Fleuriot this time around, the wife of a diplomat who has an affair and is compelled to leave her husband and son. After abandoning her family, she sinks into a sea of debauchery, becoming involved in prostitution, blackmail, and eventually murder. After the murder, her son Raymond (John Beal), now a grown man and a famous lawyer, is called upon to defend her. Unaware that the woman he is defending is his long lost mother, Jacqueline tries to hide her past from her successful son. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of Madame X
- Gladys George - Jacqueline Fleuriot
- Warren William - Bernard Fleuriot
- William Henry - Hugh Fariman, Jr.
- Phillip Reed - Jean
- Emma Dunn - Rose
- Luis Alberni - Scipio
- Cora Witherspoon - Nora
- Adia Kuznetzoff - Capt. Dorcas
- John Beal - Raymond Fleuriot
- Reginald Owen - Maurice Dourel
- Henry Daniell - LeRocle
- Lynne Carver - Helene
- Ruth Hussey - Annette
- George Zucco - Dr. LaFarge
- Jonathan Hale - Hugh Fariman, Sr.
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Writer(s):
- John Meehan
- Producer(s):
- James K. McGuinness
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