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Nana is a 1934 American pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice.
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Directed by | Dorothy Arzner George Fitzmaurice |
Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
Starring | Anna Sten Lionel Atwill Richard Bennett Mae Clarke |
Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
Edited by | Frank Lawrence |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
This version of Émile Zola's 1880 novel and heroine was to be the vehicle for Sten's triumph as Samuel Goldwyn's trained, groomed and heavily promoted answer to Greta Garbo. Despite a record-breaking opening week at Radio City Music Hall, Sten was received as beautiful but disappointing.[citation needed]
Goldwyn's tutoring of Sten is mentioned in Cole Porter's 1934 song "Anything Goes" from the musical of the same name: "If Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction / Instruct Anna Sten in diction / Then Anna shows / Anything goes."
Plot
editA Parisian streetwalker is discovered by a theatrical impresario and becomes a stage success. At her height of popularity, she falls in love with a soldier, and draws both ire and fascination from his protective older brother.
Cast
edit- Anna Sten as Nana
- Lionel Atwill as Colonel André Muffat
- Richard Bennett as Gaston Greiner
- Mae Clarke as Satin
- Phillips Holmes as Lieutenant George Muffat
- Reginald Owen as Bordenave
- Helen Freeman as Sabine Muffat
- Lawrence Grant as Grand Duke Alexis
- Jessie Ralph as Zoe
- Ferdinand Gottschalk as Finot
- Paul Hurst as Employer (uncredited)
- Tom Ricketts as Party Guest (uncredited)
Reception
editThe film was a box office disappointment.[1][2] This was the 1st of the 3 movie Anna Sten made with Samuel Goldwyn before releasing her from his contract.
References
edit- ^ Churchill, Douglas W. The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era (gate locked); New York Times 30 December 1934: X5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
- ^ D. W. (Nov 25, 1934). "TAKING A LOOK AT THE RECORD". New York Times. ProQuest 101193306.
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