Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935)
Directed by William K. Howard / William Howard
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Mar 1, 1935 (USA - Unknown), Mar 1, 1935 (USA) |
Run Time - 74 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Adapted from the last of Hugh Walpole's "Herries Chronicles," Vanessa: Her Love Story is set in Victorian England. Vanessa (Helen Hayes) doesn't know it, but there's a strain of inherited insanity in the family of her husband Ellis (Otto Kruger). Disturbed by Ellis' bizarre behavior, poor Vanessa is all but forced to take a lover, handsome military officer Benjie (Robert Montgomery). Though both hero and heroine are punished for their transgressions, the film ends on a relatively happy note; the original novel's final chapters and tragic denouement are blithely ignored by scenarist Lenore J. Coffee. May Robson steals the show as Vanessa's centenarian grandma. Vanessa: Her Love Story represented Helen Hayes' last film work until her 1952 "comeback" in My Son John.
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army, battle [war], Britain, craziness, death, disease, extramarital-affair, family, gypsy, heritage, husband, love, love-triangle, lover, marital-problems, marriage, romance
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