The Misleading Lady (1932 film)

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The Misleading Lady
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stuart Walker
Written by	Adelaide Heilbron Caroline Francke
Based on	the 1913 play The Misleading Lady by Charles W. Goddard and Paul Dickey
Starring	Claudette Colbert Edmund Lowe Stuart Erwin
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Music by	Johnny Green
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 15, 1932 (1932-04-15)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Misleading Lady is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Stuart Walker, and starring Claudette Colbert and Edmund Lowe. The film is based on the 1913 Broadway play by Charles W. Goddard and Paul Dickey. It is also a remake of the 1920 Metro silent film original which starred Bert Lytell and Lucy Cotton, also based on the play.^[1]^[2]

On March 1, 1932, upon completion of this film, Paramount Pictures closed its Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, New York City.

The original play and its film depictions have been regarded as one of the origins of Napoleon delusions in the media.^[3]

Plot

Helen Steele (Claudette Colbert) is bored to death of her empty lifestyle as a socialite. She decides to become an actress, but cannot get to see producer Sydney Parker (Robert Strange). She learns that Parker will be at a party at the home of her friend Alice Connell. She wants the lead in Parker's play The Siren. He feels that she is too nice a girl to convincingly play the part, so she bets him that, in exchange for an audition, she will be able to make Parker's friend, mining engineer Jack Craigen (Edmund Lowe), fall in love with her within three days.

She records Jack's proposal of marriage on a phonograph record to provide proof, but then has second thoughts about what she has done. Before she can explain the situation to Jack, he is publicly humiliated when he and all of the other guests inadvertently hear the recording. As Jack storms out, he is introduced to Tracy, Helen's fiancé. Helen breaks off her engagement and rushes to Jack's room to try to explain. Jack kidnaps her and steals another guest's autogyro to take to his home.

When she tries to escape, he chains her up. While he is out getting some water to make coffee, she spots another man. He sneaks in, but then reveals that he is an escapee from a nearby mental asylum and thinks he is "Boney". She screams for help when he grabs a sword. Jack plays along and manages to trick the lunatic into entering a room, which Jack then locks. After Jack receives a call informing him that Tracy is on his way there, armed with a gun, he decides to let Helen go, but then they argue. During the ensuing struggle, she hits him on the head with a hammer, knocking him out, and runs away into the snow-filled woods. She manages to reach a forest ranger. Meanwhile, Boney gets out and locks Jack up.

Reporter Fitzpatrick shows up, and mistaking the madman for Jack, warns him that Tracy is coming. Then two asylum guards show up to collect Boney, but he manages to get away. Eventually, everything gets straightened out, and the couple reconcile.

Cast

Claudette Colbert as Helen Steele
Edmund Lowe as Jack Craigen
Stuart Erwin as Boney
Robert Strange as Sydney Parker
George Meeker as Tracy
Selena Royle as Alice Connell
Curtis Cooksey as Bob Connell
William Gargan as Fitzpatrick
Nina Walker as Jane Neatherby
Edgar Nelson as Steve
Fred Stewart as Babs
Harry Ellerbe as Spider
Will Geer as McMahon
Donald MacBride as Bill
Grant Mitchell as Stephen Weatherbee

Filming locations

Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City

References

^ The Misleading Lady as produced on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre, November 251913 to May 1914; IBDb.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 published by The American Film Institute, c.1993
^ Cambioli, Luca; Mazzagatti, Roberto; Riva, Michele Augusto (2022). "The Napoleon delusion: 200 years later – Psychiatry in the arts". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 220 (2): 75. doi:10.1192/bjp.2021.166.

External links

Misleading Lady at the TCM Movie Database
Misleading Lady at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Misleading Lady at AllMovie

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