Give Me Your Heart was a 1936 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Roland Young. It was a melodrama based on the 1934 London play Sweet Aloes, by Joyce Carey.[1] Leading lady Kay Francis, playing the familiar role of a self-sacrificing mother, had a difficult working relationship with the director throughout the making of the film.[2][3]
| Give Me Your Heart (film) | |
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| Directed by | Archie Mayo |
| Screenplay by | Casey Robinson |
| Based on | Sweet Aloes 1934 play by Jay Mallory |
| Produced by | Robert Lord Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | Kay Francis George Brent Roland Young Patric Knowles |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | James Gibbon |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA young Englishwoman has a relationship with a married man.
Main cast
edit- Kay Francis as Belinda Warren
- George Brent as Jim Baker
- Roland Young as Tubbs Barrow
- Patric Knowles as Robert Melford
- Henry Stephenson as Edward - Lord Farrington
- Frieda Inescort as Rosamond Melford
- Helen Flint as Dr. Florence Cudahy
- Halliwell Hobbes as Oliver
- Zeffie Tilbury as Esther Warren
- Elspeth Dudgeon as Alice Dodd
References
edit- ^ Alan Goble The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film 1999 Page 780-"GIVE ME YOUR HEART 1936 d: Archie Mayo. USA., Sweet Aloes, Jay Mallory, London 1934, Play
- ^ Daniel Bubbeo The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each 2001 "Her next film, Give Me Your Heart (1936), playing her umpteenth self-sacrificing mother, was a less expensive film to mount, but still was responsible for red ink on Warners' ledgers. Through filming of Give Me Your Heart, Kay had a stormy relationship with director Archie Mayo, whom she felt did not have a good grip on the material."
- ^ Lynn Kear, John Rossman Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career 2006 Page 92 "Give Me Your Heart was a melodrama, for sure —with George Brent again— but done well, and Kay's performance rang true. Though she.. [photo, caption Even Kay was dismayed by this outfit from Give Me Your Heart ]".
External links
edit- Give Me Your Heart at IMDb
- Give Me Your Heart at the TCM Movie Database
- Give Me Your Heart at AllMovie
- Give Me Your Heart at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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