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| Lewis Stone | ... |
Floriot
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| Ruth Chatterton | ... |
Jacqueline
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| Raymond Hackett | ... |
Raymond
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| Holmes Herbert | ... |
Noel
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| Eugenie Besserer | ... |
Rose
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John P. Edington | ... |
Doctor
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| Mitchell Lewis | ... |
Colonel Hanby
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Ullrich Haupt | ... |
Laroque
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| Sidney Toler | ... |
Merivel
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| Richard Carle | ... |
Perissard
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| Carroll Nye | ... |
Darrell
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| Claude King | ... |
Valmorin
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Chappell Dossett | ... |
Judge
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| Henry Armetta | ... |
Hotel Owner (uncredited)
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| Agostino Borgato | ... |
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
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Jack Chefe | ... |
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
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| Ronnie Cosby | ... |
Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
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| Carrie Daumery | ... |
Dining Room Guest (uncredited)
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| Derry Dee | ... |
Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
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| Edith Fellows | ... |
Child at Puppet Show (uncredited)
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Frankie Genardi | ... |
Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
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| Mary Gordon | ... |
Nursemaid (uncredited)
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Sydney Jarvis | ... |
Gendarme at Trial (uncredited)
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| Sôjin Kamiyama | ... |
Oriental Doctor (uncredited)
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| Dickie Moore | ... |
Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
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| Douglas Scott | ... |
Raymond - as a Small Boy (uncredited)
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| Philip Sleeman | ... |
Sidewalk Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Lionel Barrymore | ||
Written by
| Alexandre Bisson | ... | (from the play by) |
| Willard Mack | ... | (dialogue) |
Music by
| William Axt | ... | (uncredited) |
| Sam Wineland | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Arthur Reed | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| William S. Gray | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
| Cedric Gibbons | ||
Sound Department
| Douglas Shearer | ... | recording engineer |
| Russell Franks | ... | sound recording engineer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| David Cox | ... | wardrobe |
Additional Crew
| Howard Dietz | ... | general press representative (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) (United States) (theatrical)
- Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1931) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn Filmselskap (1931) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (1993) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Young Raymond Floriot, following in his father Louis Floriot's professional footsteps, he now France's attorney general, has just passed the bar exam. Raymond's first case, appointed to him by the courts, is a murder case. His pitiful and poor Jane Doe client, who refers to herself only as Madame X, admits to killing the scoundrel of a man named Laroque, but won't disclose why or in turn defend herself in court. Raymond knows nothing of her past, which includes once being a woman of class, married to man of prestige. But that marriage ended because he treated her without love, which resulted in her leaving him for another man, who in turn passed away shortly thereafter. Her first marriage produced a son, who her husband refused to let her see. Her son never knew she was alive, he being told by his father that she died. The consequence of his action left Madame X on a downward path where she never found love. Now, in turn, she hopes her silence will protect the one that she really loves, he who doesn't even know about her selfless sacrifice. Written by Huggo |
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| Taglines | The world's greatest drama of Mother Love via the screen's most perfect All-Talking picture. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | No music is heard under the opening or closing credits of Madame X, which was the result of a short-lived practice in which studios expected the local theater musicians to provide live accompaniment to the opening credits of sound films. Keyboardists and orchestras were still working in the theaters in the late 1920s providing music for silent films still in distribution. Live music was a way to make the screening more of a special event and not a purely "canned" presentation. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Alternate-language version of La mujer X (1931). See more » |
| Quotes |
Doctor:
Idolatry, sheer idolatry! See more » |