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I Am Suzanne (1933)

I Am Suzanne poster
Original title
I Am Suzanne!
Directed by
Rowland V. Lee
Genre
musical film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in Paris gets involved with puppeteers and falls into a romance. The story mixes live action with puppet performances.

romanticwhimsicalnostalgiclightheartedtheatricalsweetold-fashioned

What happens

I Am Suzanne! is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film involving puppeteers in Paris written by Edwin Justus Mayer, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks. The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers and Podrecca's Piccoli Theater. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City owns and periodically exhibits a 35 mm print of the film while the Eastman House in Rochester, New York, archives a 16 mm copy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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