Cradle Song (1933 film)

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Cradle Song
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Written by Gregorio Martínez Sierra (play)
Starring Dorothea Wieck
Evelyn Venable
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • November 19, 1933 (1933-11-19)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cradle Song is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen in his directorial debut, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Dorothea Wieck and Evelyn Venable. [1]

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It is one of several films based on the 1911 Spanish play Canción de cuna by María and Gregorio Martínez Sierra. The play was translated into English in the 1920s by John Garrett Underhill.

Cradle Song was Dorothea Wieck's first American film. [2]

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Reception

The film was a box office disappointment for Paramount. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cradle Song notes, AllMovie.com; accessed July 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Reid, Larry (January 1934). "Taking in the Talkies". Movie Classic. 5 (5): 10. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ D. W. (November 25, 1934). "TAKING A LOOK AT THE RECORD". New York Times. ProQuest   101193306.


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