My Lady's Past (1929)

Directed by

Albert Ray

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A writer finishes his first novel and leaves his wife for his secretary. This is a story about a marriage breaking apart because of ambition and infidelity.

melancholicbittersweetslow-burndatedstylizedsomberquietnostalgic

What happens

My Lady's Past is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring Belle Bennett, Joe E. Brown and Alma Bennett. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone sound-on-film system using RCA Photophone equipment. After completing his first novel, a writer abandons his wife for his secretary. The film survives at BFI/National Film And Television Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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