Her First Affaire (film)

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Her First Affaire
Directed by Allan Dwan
Written by Dion Titheradge
Brock Williams
Based on Her First Affaire
by Merrill Rogers and Frederick J. Jackson
Produced by Frank Richardson
Starring Ida Lupino
George Curzon
Diana Napier
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by John Seabourne Sr.
Production
company
St. George's Pictures
Distributed bySterling Films
Release date
7 December 1932
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Her First Affaire is a 1932 British drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Ida Lupino, George Curzon and Diana Napier. [1] It was based on Frederick J. Jackson's 1930 version of Merrill Rogers's 1927 play Her First Affaire ; a play which Jackson significantly modified for the London stage and for which he shared co-author credit in this 1930 version. [2] It was shot at Teddington Studios, with sets designed by the art director J. Elder Wills.

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Plot

A headstrong young girl falls completely for a writer of trashy novels, and insinuates herself into his household, all to the chagrin of her erstwhile fiancé. He conspires with the author's wife to show the girl how foolish she's been.

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References

  1. "Her First Affaire (1932)". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. J. P. Wearing · 2014. "Her First Affaire". The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 52–53.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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