I Am Suzanne!

I Am Suzanne!
I Am Suzanne!
Directed by	Rowland V. Lee
Written by	Edwin Justus Mayer
Produced by	Winfield Sheehan
Starring	Lilian Harvey ; Gene Raymond ; Leslie Banks
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Harold D. Schuster
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	December 25, 1933;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated September 06, 2025

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.^[1] The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers ^[2] 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.

Plot

Cast

Lilian Harvey as Suzanne
Gene Raymond as Tony Malatini
Leslie Banks as Adolphe 'Baron' Herring
Georgia Caine as Mama
Murray Kinnell as Luigi Malatini
Geneva Mitchell as Fifi
Halliwell Hobbes as Dr. Lorenzo
Edward Keane as Manager
Lionel Belmore as Satan
Lynn Bari as Audience member (uncredited)

Reception

The film was not a success at the box office.^[3]

References

↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931–40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
↑ Latshaw, George (1978). Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. NY: Richards Rosen Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780486409528.
↑ Churchill, Douglas W. (December 30, 1934). "The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era". The New York Times. p. X5.

External links

I Am Suzanne! at IMDb

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[1] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931–40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993

[2] Latshaw, George (1978). Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. NY: Richards Rosen Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780486409528.

[3] Churchill, Douglas W. (December 30, 1934). "The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era". The New York Times. p. X5.

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