The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)

Directed by

Bayard Veiller

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York socialite is put on trial for murdering her wealthy lover. The film follows the courtroom proceedings as her lawyer tries to prove her innocence.

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What happens

The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1929 American pre-Code film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Norma Shearer. The film is based on the 1927 Broadway stage play The Trial of Mary Dugan by Bayard Veiller, who also directed the film. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding (in Shearer's role), who would come to Hollywood a few years later at the beginning of talkies. This was Veiller's only sound film directorial effort; he had directed several silent films before 1922. The play was also published as a novel authored by William Almon Wolff, published in 1928. The 1941 film of the same name is an MGM remake. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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