''The Eleventh Commandment'' is a 1933 American
pre-Code
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drama film
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directed by
George Melford
George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...
and starring
Marian Marsh
Marian Marsh (born Violet Ethelred Krauth; October 17, 1913 – November 9, 2006) was a Trinidad-born American film actress and later an environmentalist.
Early life
Violet Ethelred Krauth was born on October 17, 1913, in Trinidad, British ...
,
Theodore von Eltz
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Von Eltz was a Yale University professor's son. After 12 ...
and
Alan Hale. It is based on a play by
Brandon Fleming Brandon Fleming may refer to:
* Brandon Fleming (writer)
Brandon Fleming was a British playwright and screenwriter. He co-wrote the 1925 stage melodrama ''None But the Brave'' with Bernard Merivale.
Partial filmography
* '' The Eleventh Comma ...
.
The story had previously been made into a 1924
British silent film.
Plot
When a wealthy unmarried woman dies without heirs, her estate is entrusted to her
attorney
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** Attorney at law, in some jurisdictions
* Attorney, one who has power of attorney
* ''The Attorney'', a 2013 South Korean film
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* Attorney general, the principal legal officer of (or advisor to) a gove ...
. However his partner at the law firm schemes to get his hands on the money and hires a
barmaid
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to pretend to be a relative and claim the estate.
Cast
*
Marian Marsh
Marian Marsh (born Violet Ethelred Krauth; October 17, 1913 – November 9, 2006) was a Trinidad-born American film actress and later an environmentalist.
Early life
Violet Ethelred Krauth was born on October 17, 1913, in Trinidad, British ...
as Corinne Ross
*
Theodore von Eltz
Theodore von Eltz (November 5, 1893 – October 6, 1964) was an American film actor, appearing in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1957. He was the father of actress Lori March.
Von Eltz was a Yale University professor's son. After 12 ...
as Wayne Winters
*
Alan Hale as Max Stäger
*
Marie Prevost
Marie Prevost (born Marie Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films.
Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was d ...
as Tessie Florin
*
Gloria Shea
Olive Gloria Shea (May 30, 1910 – February 8, 1995) was an American film actress. She was sometimes billed as Olive Shea.
Biography
Born in New York City, Shea received her schooling at the Convent of Notre Dame de Sande and was trained for ...
as Nina
*
Arthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films.
Career
Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt ma ...
as Charlie Moore
*
William V. Mong
William V. Mong (June 25, 1875 – December 10, 1940) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1910 and 1939. His directing (1911–1918) and screenwriting (1911–1922) were mostly for ...
as John Ross
*
Lee Moran
Lee Moran (June 23, 1888 – April 24, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter.
Moran was active in vaudeville before he began performing in films at Nestor Studios in 1909. He transcended the silent film era of mot ...
as Steve
*
Ethel Wales
Ethel Wales (April 4, 1878 – February 15, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than 130 films during her 30-year career.
Biography
Born in 1878 in Passaic, New Jersey, Wales graduated from "Wisconsin university".
Wales had ...
as Mabel Moore
*Lyman Williams as Jerry Trent
References
External links
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1933 drama films
1930s English-language films
American drama films
Films directed by George Melford
American films based on plays
American black-and-white films
1930s American films
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