''The Laughing Lady'' is a 1929 sound film melodrama directed by

Victor Schertzinger Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include '' Paramount on Parade'' (co-director, 1930), ''Something to Sing About'' (1937) with James C ...

, starring

Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress, aviator and novelist. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, ...

and produced and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. It is based on a 1922 British play, ''The Laughing Lady'', by

Alfred Sutro Alfred Sutro OBE (7 August 1863 – 11 September 1933) was an English author, dramatist and translator. In addition to a succession of successful plays of his own in the first quarter of the 20th century, Sutro made the first English translation ...

. The play was brought to New York in 1923 and put on Broadway starring Ethel Barrymore. A 1924 Paramount silent film retitled ''

A Society Scandal ''A Society Scandal'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan, and starring Gloria Swanson and Rod La Rocque. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on a 1922 play ''The Laughing Lady'', by Alfred Sutro which st ...

'' starred

Gloria Swanson Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most f ...

. It is now lost. In 1930 a sound version, A Kacago Asszony, was produced by Paramount at its studio in Joinville, France, in Hungarian with a Hungarian director and cast. :fr:Kacagó asszony It was released in the US by Paramount in 1931. Jeanne Eagels was to star in the film but died before production began.

Cast

- Marjorie Lee *

Clive Brook Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States ...

- Daniel Farr *Dan Healy - Al Brown *

Nat Pendleton Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (August 9, 1895 – October 12, 1967) was an American Olympic wrestler, film actor, and stage performer. His younger brother, Edmund J. Pendleton (1899-1987), was a well-known music composer and choir master ...

- James Dugan *

Raymond Walburn Raymond Walburn (September 9, 1887 – July 26, 1969) was an American character actor of stage and screen who appeared in dozens of Hollywood movie comedies and an occasional dramatic role during the 1930s and 1940s. Life and career Born i ...

- Hector Lee *

Dorothy Hall Dorothy Hall may refer to: * Dorothy Hall (actress), 1920s silent film actress * Dorothy Manley, 1940s–50s British athlete, sometimes called by her married name "Dorothy Hall" * Dorothy Hall (scientist), scientist known for her research on snow ...

- Flo *

Nedda Harrigan Nedda Harrigan Logan (August 24, 1899 – April 1, 1989) was an American actress. Early life Harrigan was the youngest of 10 children of entertainer Edward Harrigan and his wife, Annie (Braham) Harrigan. Her grandfather was conductor Davi ...

- Cynthia Bell (*as Hedda Harrigan) *Lillian B. Tonge - Parker *Marguerite St. John - Mrs. Playgate *

Hubert Druce Hubert Druce (May 20, 1870 – April 6, 1931) was an English actor and producer involved with English and American theater for over forty years. Druce was born as Benjamin Hubert Druce in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, in 1870. His stage debut ...

- Hamilton Playgate *Alice Hegeman - Mrs. Collop * Joe King - City Editor *Helen Hawley - Rose

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External links

The Laughing Lady at IMDb.comThe Laughing Lady at tcm.com
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