The Laughing Lady (1929 film)

The Laughing Lady
Directed by	Victor Schertzinger
Produced by	Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Written by	Bartlett Cormack Arthur Richman
Based on	play, The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro
Starring	Ruth Chatterton Clive Brook
Cinematography	George Folsey
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 28, 1929
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Laughing Lady is a 1929 sound film melodrama directed by Victor Schertzinger, starring Ruth Chatterton and produced and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. It is based on a 1922 British play, The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro. 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 starred Gloria Swanson. It is now lost.

In 1930 an alternate sound version was produced by Paramount in Hungarian with a Hungarian director and cast.

Jeanne Eagels was to star in the film but died before production began.

Cast

• Ruth Chatterton - Marjorie Lee
• Clive Brook - Daniel Farr
• Dan Healy - Al Brown
• Nat Pendleton - James Dugan
• Raymond Walburn - Hector Lee
• Dorothy Hall - Flo
• Nedda Harrigan - Cynthia Bell (*as Hedda Harrigan)
• Lillian B. Tonge - Parker
• Marguerite St. John - Mrs. Playgate
• Hubert Druce - Hamilton Playgate
• Alice Hegeman - Mrs. Collop
• Joe King - City Editor
• Helen Hawley - Rose
• Betty Bartley - Barbara

External links

• The Laughing Lady at IMDb.com
• The Laughing Lady at tcm.com
• synopsis at AllMovie