Nana (1934 film)

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Nana
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Directed by Dorothy Arzner
George Fitzmaurice
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Starring Anna Sten
Lionel Atwill
Richard Bennett
Mae Clarke
Cinematography Gregg Toland
Edited by Frank Lawrence
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • February 1, 1934 (1934-02-01)(US)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nana is a 1934 American pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice.

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This version of Émile Zola's 1880 novel and heroine was to be the vehicle for Sten's triumph as Samuel Goldwyn's trained, groomed and heavily promoted answer to Greta Garbo. Despite a record-breaking opening week at Radio City Music Hall, Sten was received as beautiful but disappointing.[ citation needed ]

Goldwyn's tutoring of Sten is mentioned in Cole Porter's 1934 song "Anything Goes" from the musical of the same name: "If Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction / Instruct Anna Sten in diction / Then Anna shows / Anything goes."

Plot

A Parisian streetwalker is discovered by a theatrical impresario and becomes a stage success. At her height of popularity, she falls in love with a soldier, and draws both ire and fascination from his protective older brother.

Cast

Reception

The film was a box office disappointment. [1] [2] This was the 1st of the 3 movie Anna Sten made with Samuel Goldwyn before releasing her from his contract.

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References

  1. Churchill, Douglas W. The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era (gate locked); New York Times 30 December 1934: X5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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