You Belong to Me | |
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Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
Screenplay by | Elizabeth Alexander Walter DeLeon Grover Jones William Slavens McNutt |
Produced by | Louis D. Lighton |
Starring | Lee Tracy Helen Mack Helen Morgan David Holt Arthur Pierson Lynne Overman Dean Jagger |
Cinematography | Leo Tover |
Music by | Milan Roder Heinz Roemheld |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
You Belong to Me is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Elizabeth Alexander, Walter DeLeon, Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan, David Holt, Arthur Pierson, Lynne Overman and Dean Jagger. It was released on September 14, 1934 by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]
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In a contemporary review for The New York Times , critic Andre Sennwald wrote: "'You Belong to Me,' after a beginning which promises a fresh approach to these dramatic riches, collapses into tedium and the clumsy pursuit of tears." [3]
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