Jealousy (1929)
66 mins | Melodrama | 13 September 1929
Director:
Jean De LimurWriters:
Eugene Walter, Garrett Fort, Louis VerneuilCinematographer:
Alfred GilksProduction Designer:
William N. SaulterProduction Company:
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.According to a production directory in the 20 Apr 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, the starting date for Jealousy was 7 Mar 1929. A studio production chart in the 24 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World cited a 20 July 1929 starting date.Anthony Bushell was listed as a cast member, but his name is not in credits.
Jealousy was the last film of noted Broadway actress Jeanne Eagels (1890--1929), who died on 3 Oct 1929. Eagels, whose most famous Broadway role was "Sadie Thompson" in Rain also appeared in several motion pictures including The Letter (see entry), her first dialogue film, which opened in Mar 1929. The 1957 Columbia film Jeanne Eagels (see entry), directed by George Sidney and starring Kim Novak and Jeff Chandler, was a highly fictionalized biography of the actress. In Jeanne Eagels, the title of her final film was changed from Jealousy to Forever Young. ...
According to a production directory in the 20 Apr 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, the starting date for Jealousy was 7 Mar 1929. A studio production chart in the 24 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World cited a 20 July 1929 starting date.Anthony Bushell was listed as a cast member, but his name is not in credits.
Jealousy was the last film of noted Broadway actress Jeanne Eagels (1890--1929), who died on 3 Oct 1929. Eagels, whose most famous Broadway role was "Sadie Thompson" in Rain also appeared in several motion pictures including The Letter (see entry), her first dialogue film, which opened in Mar 1929. The 1957 Columbia film Jeanne Eagels (see entry), directed by George Sidney and starring Kim Novak and Jeff Chandler, was a highly fictionalized biography of the actress. In Jeanne Eagels, the title of her final film was changed from Jealousy to Forever Young.
Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier who bought the shop for her. Encountering financial difficulties, Yvonne goes to Rigaud for aid and finds him murdered. Pierre confesses to the murder, thereby exonerating Clément, an innocent man, suspected of killing Rigaud, whose sweetheart Rigaud wronged. Pierre submits to arrest, confident that he will get off with a light ...
Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier who bought the shop for her. Encountering financial difficulties, Yvonne goes to Rigaud for aid and finds him murdered. Pierre confesses to the murder, thereby exonerating Clément, an innocent man, suspected of killing Rigaud, whose sweetheart Rigaud wronged. Pierre submits to arrest, confident that he will get off with a light sentence.
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