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The Laughing Lady is a 1929 sound film melodrama directed by Victor Schertzinger, starring Ruth Chatterton and produced and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. It is based on a 1922 British play, The Laughing Lady, by Alfred Sutro. The play was brought to New York in 1923 and put on Broadway starring Ethel Barrymore.
A 1924 Paramount silent film retitled A Society Scandal starred Gloria Swanson. It is now lost.
In 1930 an alternate sound version was produced by Paramount in Hungarian with a Hungarian director and cast.
Jeanne Eagels was to star in the film but died before production began.
Original Release
12/28/1929
US Release
12/28/1929
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ruth Chatterton | Marjorie Lee |
| Clive Brook | Daniel Farr |
| Dan Healy | Al Brown |
| Nat Pendleton | James Dugan |
| Raymond Walburn | Hector Lee |
| Dorothy Hall | Flo |
| Nedda Harrigan | Cynthia Bell |
| Lillian B. Tonge | Parker |
| Marguerite St. John | Mrs. Playgate |
| Hubert Druce | Hamilton Playgate |
Directors
Writers
Bartlett Cormack, Arthur Richman, Alfred Sutro
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ruth Chatterton | Marjorie Lee |
| Clive Brook | Daniel Farr |
| Dan Healy | Al Brown |
| Nat Pendleton | James Dugan |
| Raymond Walburn | Hector Lee |
| Dorothy Hall | Flo |
| Nedda Harrigan | Cynthia Bell |
| Lillian B. Tonge | Parker |
| Marguerite St. John | Mrs. Playgate |
| Hubert Druce | Hamilton Playgate |
| Alice Hegeman | Mrs. Collop |
| Joe King | City Editor |
| Helen Hawley | Rose |
| Betty Bartley | Barbara |
