Marie Galante (film)
1934 film directed by Henry King / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marie Galante is a 1934 American film directed by Henry King, starring Ketti Gallian and Spencer Tracy, adapted from a French novel by Jacques Deval. Later the same year, the novel was adapted into a French musical titled Marie Galante, with book and lyrics by Jacques Deval and music by Kurt Weill.
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Marie Galante | |
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Directed by | Henry King |
Written by | Jacques Deval (novel) Reginald Berkeley (screenplay) Dudley Nichols[citation needed] (uncredited) |
Produced by | Winfield R. Sheehan (producer) |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
Edited by | Harold D. Schuster |
Music by | Arthur Lange |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | French, English |
The synopsis of the musical play, as described by the Kurt Weill Foundation, is as follows: "Marie is kidnapped and taken to Panama by a lecherous sea captain, who abandons her when she will not give in to his desires. She becomes a prostitute in order to earn money to return to France; meanwhile, she is unwittingly involved in an espionage plot. She spends most of her money to care for a dying black man whom no one else will tend to. When she does finally save enough money for a steamer fare, she is murdered by a spy who fears discovery the night before the boat sails."[1] In the film, Marie remains an innocent, and one of the heroes is a Japanese General.