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The Gorgeous Hussy is an American period drama film first released in 1936,
directed by Clarence Brown.
The film is based on a novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams and stars Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone and Melvyn Douglas.
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Credits
- Director: Clarence Brown
- Script: Samuel Hopkins Adams (novel), Stephen Morehouse Avery, Ainsworth Morgan
- Photo: George J. Folsey
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Cast: Joan Crawford (Margaret O’Neal Eaton), Robert Taylor (Lt. Timberlake), Lionel Barrymore (Andrew Jackson), Franchot Tone (John H. Eaton), Melvyn Douglas (John Randolph), James Stewart (Roderick ’Rowdy’ Dow), Alison Skipworth (Mrs. Beall), Beulah Bondi (Rachel Jackson), Louis Calhern (Prof. Leroy Sunderland), Melville Cooper (Cuthbert), Sidney Toler (Daniel Webster), Gene Lockhart (Major William O’Neal), Clara Blandick (Louisa Abbott), Frank Conroy (John C. Calhoun), Nydia Westman (Maybelle), Willard Robertson (Secretary Ingham), Charles Trowbridge (Martin Van Buren), Rubye De Remer (Mrs. Bellamy), Betty Blythe (Mrs. Wainwright), Zeffie Tilbury (Mrs. Daniel Beall), Oscar Apfel (Tompkins), Hooper Atchley (Agitator), Edith Atwater (Lady Vaughn), Louise Beavers (Aunt Sukey), Ward Bond (Officer), Wade Boteler (Agitator), Harry C. Bradley (President’s secretary), Bess Flowers (Guest at Ball), Phoebe Foster (Emily Donaldson), Lee Harvey (Agitator), Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian (Man in Mob), Leyland Hodgson (Guest at Ball), Allen ’Farina’ Hoskins (Page Boy at Ball), Elsa Janssen (Dutch Minister’s Wife), Edward LeSaint (Maurice Andrew, Minister), Sam McDaniel (Eaton’s Butler), Greta Meyer (Frau Oxenrider), Edmund Mortimer (Guest at Ball), William Orlamond (Herr Joab Oxenrider), Franklin Parker (Leader of mob), Lee Phelps (Bartender), Richard Powell (Doorman), George Reed (Braxton, Randolph’s Butler), Frank Reicher (Commander, U.S.S. Constitution), Bert Roach (Major Domo), Syd Saylor (Agitator), William Stack (W.R. Earle), Larry Steers (Cabinet Member), Carl Stockdale (Jackson’s Aide), Harry Strang (Navigator), Fred ’Snowflake’ Toones (Horatius)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 103 min; B&W
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