Cynara
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Directed by King Vidor.
With Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry.
US, 1932, 35mm, black & white, 75 min.
Print source: HFA
With Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry.
US, 1932, 35mm, black & white, 75 min.
Print source: HFA
Although acclaimed for his powerful social dramas (The Crowd, Our Daily Bread), director King Vidor was equally adept at exploring matters of the heart with a cynical edge. Ronald Colman stars as a married London barrister who innocently begins an affair with a young salesgirl. The tryst quickly escalates, leading to a crime of passion. Audiences were not keen to see Colman in such a morally corrupt role, but Vidor was unyielding in his efforts to uncover the hypocrisies of polite society.
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