''Give Me Your Heart'' was a 1936 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
directed by
Archie Mayo
Archibald L. Mayo (January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968) was a film director, screenwriter and actor.
Early years
The son of a tailor, Mayo was born in New York City. After attending the city's public schools, he studied at Columbia Unive ...
and starring
Kay Francis,
George Brent and
Roland Young. It was a melodrama based on the 1934 London play ''Sweet Aloes'', by
Joyce Carey. Leading lady
Kay Francis, playing the familiar role of a self-sacrificing mother, had a difficult working relationship with the director throughout the making of the film.
[Lynn Kear, John Rossman ''Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career'' 2006 Page 92 "Give Me Your Heart was a melodrama, for sure —with George Brent again— but done well, and Kay's performance rang true. Though she.. hoto, caption Even Kay was dismayed by this outfit from Give Me Your Heart .]
Synopsis
A young Englishwoman has a relationship with a married man.
Main cast
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Kay Francis as Belinda Warren
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George Brent as Jim Baker
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Roland Young as Tubbs Barrow
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Patric Knowles as Robert Melford
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Henry Stephenson
Henry Stephenson (born Harry Stephenson Garraway; 16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British actor. He portrayed friendly and wise gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Sir Joseph Banks in ''Mutiny on the Bou ...
as Edward - Lord Farrington
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Frieda Inescort
Frieda Inescort (born Frieda Wrightman, 29 June 1901 – 26 February 1976) was a Scottish-born actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Coward's play ''Hay Fever'' on Broadway. She also played the shingled lady in Joh ...
as Rosamond Melford
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Helen Flint
Helen Flint (January 14, 1898 – September 9, 1967) was an American actress.
Flint debuted as a member of the chorus in the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' when she was 17. Her work on Broadway included more than 20 productions between 1921 and 1946.
Fl ...
as Dr. Florence Cudahy
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Halliwell Hobbes
Herbert Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 187720 February 1962) was an English actor.
Early years
The future actor was the son of William Albert Hobbes (1841-1909), a Warwickshire solicitor, and his wife, Marion Hobbes, née Dennis, (1838-1925). ...
as Oliver
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Zeffie Tilbury as Esther Warren
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Elspeth Dudgeon
Elspeth Dudgeon (4 December 1871 – 11 December 1955) was a Scottish character actress. With a career spanning nearly two decades, she was involved in 67 films, only 14 of which included her name in the credits.
Her best known appearance ...
as Alice Dodd
References
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1936 films
1936 romantic drama films
Adultery in films
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
American romantic drama films
Films directed by Archie Mayo
Films scored by Heinz Roemheld
Films set in England
Films set in Italy
Films set in the United States
Warner Bros. films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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