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Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933)

Mrs. Dane's Defence poster
Directed by
A.V. Bramble
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman's past threatens her reputation and her chance at happiness. She must defend herself against accusations in a dramatic confrontation.

theatricaltalkyperiodrestraineddramaticcourtroommelodramaticstagey

What happens

Mrs. Dane's Defence is a 1933 British drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Joan Barry, Basil Gill and Francis James. It was an adaptation of the 1900 play Mrs Dane's Defence by Henry Arthur Jones. The play had previously been adapted into an American silent film. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie for release by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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