Reunion in Vienna

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Reunion in Vienna
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Directed by Sidney Franklin
Written by Robert Emmet Sherwood (play Reunion in Vienna)
Ernest Vajda
Claudine West
Produced by Louis B. Mayer
Irving Thalberg
Starring John Barrymore
Cinematography George J. Folsey
Edited by Blanche Sewell
Music by William Axt
Paul Marquardt
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 16, 1933 (1933-06-16)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$478,000 [1]
Box office$643,000 [1]

Reunion in Vienna is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama produced and distributed by MGM. Sidney Franklin served as director. The film stars John Barrymore in a story taken from the 1931 stage play of the same name by Robert Emmet Sherwood. [2] [3]

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Plot

An archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst.

Cast

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Box office

The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $643,000: $379,000 from the US and Canada and $264,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $134,000. [1] It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Film 1931-40 by The American film Institute, c.1993]
  3. Reunion in Vienna as produced on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre November 16,1931 to July 1932, 164 performances; IBDb.com