''Lilly Turner'' is a 1933 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...
melodrama directed by
William A. Wellman and starring
Ruth Chatterton. It was based on the 1932 play of the same name by
Phillip Dunning and
George Abbott
George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades.
Early years
Abbott was born in Forestville, New Y ...
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Plot
A woman who marries a
bigamist, then a drunk, and falls in love with another man, all while working at a carnival.
Cast
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Ruth Chatterton as Lilly Turner
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George Brent as Bob Chandler
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Frank McHugh
Francis Curry McHugh (May 23, 1898 – September 11, 1981) was an American stage, radio, film and television actor.
Early years
Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents, Edward A ...
as Dave Dixon
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Guy Kibbee
Guy Bridges Kibbee (March 6, 1882 – May 24, 1956) was an American stage and film actor.
Early years
Kibbee was born in El Paso, Texas. His father was editor of the ''El Paso Herald-Post'' newspaper, and Kibbee learned how to set type at age ...
as Doc Peter McGill
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Robert Barrat
Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1891 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor.
Early years
Barratt was born on July 10, 1891, in New York City and was educated in the public schools there. He ...
as Fritz
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Ruth Donnelly
Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American film and stage actress.
Early years and family
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Donnelly was the daughter of Harry Augustus and Bessie B. Donnelly.
Her uncle, Freder ...
as Edna Yokum
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Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. McGill
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Gordon Westcott
Gordon Westcott (born Myrthus Hickman, November 6, 1903 – October 30, 1935) was an American film actor.
Biography
Born in St. George, Utah, in 1903, Westcott studied architecture at the University of Chicago, where he was also lightweight ...
as Rex Durkee
* Arthur Vinton as Sam Waxman
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Grant Mitchell as Dr. Hawley
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Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Turner
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Mae Busch as Hazel
References
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1933 romantic drama films
1933 films
American black-and-white films
Circus films
American films based on plays
Films directed by William A. Wellman
American romantic drama films
Warner Bros. films
First National Pictures films
Melodrama films
Films with screenplays by Kathryn Scola
1930s American films
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