Jalna (film)

Jalna
Scene from the film featuring (left to right) David Manners, Molly Lamont, Kay Johnson, Nigel Bruce and Ian Hunter
Directed by	John Cromwell
Written by	Garrett Fort (adaptation) Lawrence P. Bachmann (adaptation) Anthony Veiller (screenplay)
Based on	Jalna 1927 novel by Mazo de la Roche
Produced by	Kenneth Macgowan
Starring	Kay Johnson Ian Hunter C. Aubrey Smith
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	William Morgan
Music by	Alberto Colombo
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	August 9, 1935 (1935-08-09)
Running time	75 or 78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Jalna is a 1935 RKO Radio Pictures film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Mazo de la Roche. It stars Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter and C. Aubrey Smith. In the film, a newlywed has to adjust to her husband's odd family.

Cast

• Kay Johnson as Alayne Archer Whiteoak
• Ian Hunter as Renny Whiteoak
• C. Aubrey Smith as Uncle Nicholas Whiteoak
• Nigel Bruce as Maurice Vaughan
• David Manners as Eden Whiteoak
• Peggy Wood as Meg Whiteoak
• Jessie Ralph as Gran Whiteoak
• Theodore Newton as Piers Whiteoak
• Halliwell Hobbes as Uncle Ernest Whiteoak
• George Offerman, Jr. as Finch Whiteoak
• Clifford Severn as Wakefield "Wake" Whiteoak
• Molly Lamont as Pheasant Vaughan Whiteoak
• Forrester Harvey as Rags

Reception

The critic for The New York Times wrote, "the Whiteoaks are an interesting family—on paper or on the screen—and ... this first photoplay about them manages to do them justice." ^[1] The reviewer praised "the generally splendid characterizations by an excellent cast". ^[1]

References

1. F. S. N. (September 14, 1935). "Jalna (1935) At the Palace". The New York Times.

External links

• Jalna at IMDb
• Jalna at the TCM Movie Database
• Jalna at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films