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1937 film

Madame X
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Wood Gustav Machatý (uncredited)
Screenplay by	John Meehan
Based on	La femme X 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson
Produced by	James Kevin McGuinness
Starring	Gladys George Warren William Reginald Owen
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Music by	David Snell
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	October 1, 1937 (1937-10-01)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Madame X is a 1937 American drama film, a sanitized remake of several Pre-Code films of the same name. It was directed by Sam Wood, with additional direction by Gustav Machatý (uncredited). The film is based on the 1908 play La femme X by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912).

Plot

A woman who cheated on her loving husband is thrown out of her home by said husband. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is, as he was raised without her. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background.

Cast

Gladys George as Jacqueline Fleuriot a.k.a. Miss Pran a.k.a. Madame X
Warren William as Bernard Fleuriot
John Beal as Raymond Fleuriot
Reginald Owen as Maurice Dourel
William Henry as Hugh Fariman, Jr.
Henry Daniell as Lerocle
Phillip Reed as Jean Rochin
Lynne Carver as Helene
Emma Dunn as Rose, Fleuriot's housekeeper
Ruth Hussey as Annette
Luis Alberni as Scipio
George Zucco as Dr. LaFarge
Cora Witherspoon as Nora
Jonathan Hale as Hugh Fariman, Sr.
Arthur Blake as Ferguson

References

Variety film review; September 9, 1937, p. 14.
Harrison's Reports film review; October 16, 1937, p. 166

External links

Madame X at IMDb
Madame X at the TCM Movie Database
Madame X at AllMovie
Madame X at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

v t e Films directed by Sam Wood
Double Speed (1920) Excuse My Dust (1920) The Dancin' Fool (1920) Sick Abed (1920) What's Your Hurry? (1920) A City Sparrow (1920) Her Beloved Villain (1920) Her First Elopement (1920) The Snob (1921) The Outside Woman (1921) Peck's Bad Boy (1921) The Great Moment (1921) Under the Lash (1921) Don't Tell Everything (1922) Her Husband's Trademark (1922) Her Gilded Cage (1922) Beyond the Rocks (1922) The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922) My American Wife (1922) Prodigal Daughters (1923) Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923) His Children's Children (1923) The Next Corner (1924) Bluff (1924) The Female (1924) The Mine with the Iron Door (1924) The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925) Fascinating Youth (1926) One Minute to Play (1926) Rookies (1927) A Racing Romeo (1927) The Fair Co-Ed (1927) The Latest from Paris (1928) Telling the World (1928) So This Is College (1929) It's a Great Life (1929) They Learned About Women (1930) The Girl Said No (1930) The Sins of the Children (1930) Way for a Sailor (1930) Paid (1930) A Tailor Made Man (1931) The Man in Possession (1931) New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) Huddle (1932) Prosperity (1932) The Barbarian (1933) Hold Your Man (1933) Christopher Bean (1933) The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) Stamboul Quest (1934) Let 'Em Have It (1935) A Night at the Opera (1935) Whipsaw (1935) The Unguarded Hour (1936) A Day at the Races (1937) Madame X (1937) Navy Blue and Gold (1937) Lord Jeff (1938) Stablemates (1938) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Raffles (1939) Our Town (1940) Rangers of Fortune (1940) Kitty Foyle (1940) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) Kings Row (1942) The Pride of the Yankees (1942) For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Casanova Brown (1944) Guest Wife (1945) Saratoga Trunk (1945) Heartbeat (1946) Ivy (1947) Command Decision (1948) The Stratton Story (1949) Ambush (1950)

Films directed by Sam Wood

Double Speed (1920)
Excuse My Dust (1920)
The Dancin' Fool (1920)
Sick Abed (1920)
What's Your Hurry? (1920)
A City Sparrow (1920)
Her Beloved Villain (1920)
Her First Elopement (1920)
The Snob (1921)
The Outside Woman (1921)
Peck's Bad Boy (1921)
The Great Moment (1921)
Under the Lash (1921)
Don't Tell Everything (1922)
Her Husband's Trademark (1922)
Her Gilded Cage (1922)
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922)
My American Wife (1922)
Prodigal Daughters (1923)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1923)
His Children's Children (1923)
The Next Corner (1924)
Bluff (1924)
The Female (1924)
The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925)
Fascinating Youth (1926)
One Minute to Play (1926)
Rookies (1927)
A Racing Romeo (1927)
The Fair Co-Ed (1927)
The Latest from Paris (1928)
Telling the World (1928)
So This Is College (1929)
It's a Great Life (1929)
They Learned About Women (1930)
The Girl Said No (1930)
The Sins of the Children (1930)
Way for a Sailor (1930)
Paid (1930)
A Tailor Made Man (1931)
The Man in Possession (1931)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
Huddle (1932)
Prosperity (1932)
The Barbarian (1933)
Hold Your Man (1933)
Christopher Bean (1933)
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
Stamboul Quest (1934)
Let 'Em Have It (1935)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Whipsaw (1935)
The Unguarded Hour (1936)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Madame X (1937)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
Lord Jeff (1938)
Stablemates (1938)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Raffles (1939)
Our Town (1940)
Rangers of Fortune (1940)
Kitty Foyle (1940)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Kings Row (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Casanova Brown (1944)
Guest Wife (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Heartbeat (1946)
Ivy (1947)
Command Decision (1948)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Ambush (1950)

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