Jalna (film)

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Jalna
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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 Mazo de la Roche (novel)
Garrett Fort (adaptation)
Lawrence P. Bachmann (adaptation)
Anthony Veiller (screenplay)
Produced by Kenneth Macgowan
Starring Kay Johnson
Ian Hunter
C. Aubrey Smith
Music by Alberto Colombo
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • August 9, 1935 (1935-08-09)
Running time
75 or 78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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Cast

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 F. S. N. (September 14, 1935). "Jalna (1935) At the Palace". The New York Times.