Claudia

"A Stolen Kiss Started All the Scandal!"

1943 1h 31m EN

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 6

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.

“A Stolen Kiss Started All the Scandal!”

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Cast

Dorothy McGuire
Claudia
Ina Claire
Mrs. Brown
Reginald Gardiner
Jerry Seymour
Olga Baclanova
Madame Daruschka
Robert Young
David Naughton
Jean Howard
Julia
Frank Tweddell
Fritz
Elsa Janssen
Bertha

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edmund Goulding
Writers: Morrie Ryskind, Rose Franken
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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83 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Claudia Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Edmund Goulding, shot by Leon Shamroy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert L. Simpson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dorothy McGuire and Ina Claire and Reginald Gardiner carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "A Stolen Kiss Started All the Scandal!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Edmund Goulding directs. Leon Shamroy behind the camera. Alfred Newman scores. Robert L. Simpson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

183 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "The Claudia Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Edmund Goulding, shot by Leon Shamroy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Robert L. Simpson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Dorothy McGuire and Ina Claire and Reginald Gardiner carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "A Stolen Kiss Started All the Scandal!".
9IMDB entry: tt0035742 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.