The Woman from Monte Carlo

The Woman from Monte Carlo is an American pre-Code film produced by Warner Bros. subsidiary First National Pictures (with the Vitaphone logo) in 1931 and released on January 9, 1932.^[1] It was directed by Michael Curtiz and gave top billing to German star Lil Dagover^[2][3][4][5] in her sole Hollywood film.^[6] Leading men Walter Huston and Warren William^[7] were listed after the title in the manner of supporting players.^[8][9]

The Woman from Monte Carlo
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Written by	Harvey Thew
Based on	the play Veille d'Armes by Claude Farrere and Lucien Nepoty
Starring	Lil Dagover
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	Harold McLernon
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Distributed by	Warner Bros. First National Pictures
Release date	January 9, 1932 (1932-01-09) (U.S.)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Lil Dagover as Lottie Corlaix
• Walter Huston as Captain Corlaix
• Warren William as Lieutenant D'Ortelles
• John Wray as Commander Brambourg
• George E. Stone as Le Duc
• Robert Warwick as Mobraz
• Matt McHugh Chief Petty Officer Vincent
• Frederick Burton as President of court-martial
• Frank Leigh as Pilot
• Francis McDonald as Karkuff
• Warner Richmond as Fourdylis
• Reginald Barlow as Defense attorney

Other works based on the play

The play on which the film is based, Claude Farrère's and Lucien Népoty's Veille d'Armes (also listed as Veilles d'Armes) was adapted by Michael Morton and titled In the Night Watch upon its London opening on December 21, 1918 and its New York debut on January 29, 1921. The 1921 Broadway production by the Shubert brothers starred Jeanne Eagels, with Robert Warwick (playing a sixth-billed supporting character in the film) in Walter Huston's role of the husband and Edmund Lowe in the Warren William part of the lovestruck lieutenant.^[10] It provided the plot line for a 1925 French silent directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and distributed as Before the Battle in the English-speaking world. An American silent version was released in 1928 under the title Night Watch, directed by Alexander Korda, with stars Billie Dove and Paul Lukas. Three years after the release of The Woman from Monte Carlo,^[11] another French version, directed by Marcel L'Herbier, with stars Annabella and Victor Francen, was released and subsequently marketed in English-speaking countries as Sacrifice of Honor.

References

1. The Woman from Monte Carlo at Immortal Ephemera
2. photograph of Lil Dagover as The Woman from Monte Carlo
3. photograph of Lil Dagover as The Woman from Monte Carlo
4. photograph of Lil Dagover as The Woman from Monte Carlo
5. photograph of Lil Dagover as The Woman from Monte Carlo
6. The Woman from Monte Carlo as advertised in Variety (January 5, 1932, page 16)
7. The Woman from Monte Carlo at WarrenWilliam.com
8. The Woman from Monte Carlo reviewed in Film Daily (January 3, 1932, page 8)
9. The Woman from Monte Carlo reviewed {by Kauf.} in Variety (January 5, 1932, page 23)
10. In the Night Watch at the Internet Broadway Database
11. The Woman from Monte Carlo review (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 15, 1932, page 6)

External links

• The Woman from Monte Carlo at IMDb
• The Woman from Monte Carlo at the TCM Movie Database
• The Woman from Monte Carlo at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films