I Am Suzanne
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Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
Written by | Edwin Justus Mayer |
Produced by | Winfield Sheehan |
Starring | Lilian Harvey Gene Raymond Leslie Banks |
Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
Edited by | Harold D. Schuster |
Music by | Friedrich Hollaender |
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Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
I Am Suzanne! is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film involving puppeteers in Paris written by Edwin Justus Mayer, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks.[1] The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers[2] and Podrecca's Piccoli Theater. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City owns and periodically exhibits a 35mm print of the film while the Eastman House in Rochester, New York, archives a 16mm copy.
Plot
Cast
- Lilian Harvey as Suzanne
- Gene Raymond as Tony Malatini
- Leslie Banks as Adolphe 'Baron' Herring
- Georgia Caine as Mama
- Murray Kinnell as Luigi Malatini
- Geneva Mitchell as Fifi
- Halliwell Hobbes as Dr. Lorenzo
- Edward Keane as Manager
- Lionel Belmore as Satan
- Lynn Bari as Audience member (uncredited)
Reception
The film was not a success at the box office.[3]
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
- ^ Latshaw, George (1978). Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. NY: Richards Rosen Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780486409528.
- ^ Churchill, Douglas W. (December 30, 1934). "The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era". New York Times. p. X5.
External links
- I Am Suzanne at IMDb