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©2011
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1 videodisc (NTSC, 102 min.) : DVD video, sound, Recorded DVD, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1929
"The story is a rustic morality play. The Hungarian Lajos family lives in harmony. The husband Josef and his wife Maria (Richard Tucker & Alice Joyce) are happy in their marriage. They consent to the engagement of their son Paul (Carroll Nye) to local girl Irma (Loretta Young), even though he hasn't yet finished his schooling. The young couple is obviously deeply in love, and Irma will make a perfect daughter-in-law. The harmony extends to the kitchen, where the cook Lena (Zasu Pitts) has enough money saved to marry her sweetheart, also in Josef's employ. Then comes a storm and with it a gypsy caravan. Sultry young Nubi (Myrna Loy) begs for and is granted sanctuary in the house. But she excuses herself from most work to concentrate on her own agenda: seducing all the men in the Lajos household. The evil intruder has soon ruined three loving relationships"--Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Mono, full screen 1.33:1
From the play by Jean Bart
Director, Alexander Korda; producer, Ray Rockett; screen version, dialogue, Bradley King; photography, John Seitz; editor, Edward Schroeder; production company, First National Vitaphone
Alice Joyce, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, Carroll Nye, Richard Tucker
Regions 1-6