''Chloe, Love Is Calling You'' is a 1934 American

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directed by

Marshall Neilan Marshall Ambrose "Mickey" Neilan (April 11, 1891 – October 27, 1958; also credited Marshall Neilon) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, whose work in films began in the early Silent film, silent era. Early life Born ...

. The film is also known as ''Chloe'' (American short title). This was lead actress

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's last film.

Plot summary

A low-budget Southern drama about a light skinned woman who was raised in the swamps who wishes to avenge her black father's

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. She falls in love with Wade Carson, a white man who works for Col. Gordon, who orchestrated the lynching. Later she discovers that Col. Gordon is actually her father.

Cast

as Chloe (Betty Ann Gordon) *

Reed Howes Hermon Reed Howes (July 5, 1900August 6, 1964) was an American model who later became an actor in silent and sound films. Early life Howes spent the beginning of his childhood in Washington, D.C. before moving with his parents to Ogden, Utah, Og ...

as Wade Carson * Molly O'Day as Joyce, the Colonel's niece *

Philip Ober Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor who later retired from performing to be a foreign service diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films '' From Here to Eternity'' ( ...

as Jim Strong * Georgette Harvey as Old Mandy * Francis Joyner as Col. Gordon * J. Augustus Smith as Mose, a Thieving Worker *Jess Cavin as Hill, a Thieving Worker *Richard Huey as Ben, the Servant

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''Chloe, Love Is Calling You'' was subject to review by city and state film censorship boards. The Ohio board banned the film.

Soundtrack

* "Chloe" (Music by

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, lyrics by

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including " Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (G ...

)

References

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