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A beautiful divorcée. An ardent young man. And a love thwarted by a rigid social code.
Irene Dunne and John Boles, the stars of Back Street, share another illicit romance in this film version of Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize winner, a provocative novel that asserts women have a right to the same freedoms men take for granted.
Set in 1870s Manhattan, The Age of Innocence follows a conventionally bred attorney who, although engaged, falls in love with a woman who shocks the upper crust by daring to escape a wretched marriage.
The emotion inherent in the clash of personal happiness and social convention is timeless: the story was filmed again almost 60 years later with Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer in the lead roles.
Original Release
09/14/1934
US Release
09/14/1934
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Irene Dunne | Ellen / Countess Ellen Olenska |
John Boles | Newland Archer |
Lionel Atwill | Julius Beaufort |
Helen Westley | Granny Mingott / Granny Manson Mingott |
Laura Hope Crews | Mrs. Welland |
Julie Haydon | May Welland |
Barry O'Moore | Mr. Welland / Howard Welland |
Theresa Maxwell Conover | Mrs. Archer |
Edith Van Cleve | Jane Archer |
Leonard Carey | The Butler |
Directors
Writers
Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, Edith Wharton, Margaret Ayer Barnes
Cast
Name | Character |
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Irene Dunne | Ellen / Countess Ellen Olenska |
John Boles | Newland Archer |
Lionel Atwill | Julius Beaufort |
Helen Westley | Granny Mingott / Granny Manson Mingott |
Laura Hope Crews | Mrs. Welland |
Julie Haydon | May Welland |
Barry O'Moore | Mr. Welland / Howard Welland |
Theresa Maxwell Conover | Mrs. Archer |
Edith Van Cleve | Jane Archer |
Leonard Carey | The Butler |
Lowden Adams | Jenkins |
Harry Beresford | Museum Guard |
Herbert Bunston | Letterblair / W.J. Letterblair |
Alf James | Man Who Comes with Chairs |
John Merton | John |
Gertrude Messinger | Ship Passenger |
William H. O'Brien | Butler at Skuytercliff |
Inez Palange | Natasia |
Kane Richmond | Dallas / Dallas Archer |
Mark Street | Child |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pandro S. Berman | Producer |