The romance film Breach of Promise starred which woman known to be Noël Coward's muse?
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Breach of Promise (film) Breach of Promise is a 1942 British romance film directed by Harold Huth and starring Clive Brook, Judy Campbell, C.V. France, Marguerite Allan and Percy Walsh. A playwright meets a young woman and she soon files a fake breach of promise action against him, hoping to receive a blackmail payment. Instead he decides to marry her to teach her a lesson.
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Judy Campbell Judy Campbell (born Judith Mary Gamble; 31 May 1916 – 6 June 2004) was an English actress and playwright, widely known to be Noël Coward's muse. Her daughter is the actress and singer Jane Birkin, her son the screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin, and among her grandchildren are the actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, the late poet Anno Birkin, the artist David Birkin and the late photographer Kate Barry.
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Claire Bloom Patricia Claire Blume CBE (born 15 February 1931) is an English film and stage actress whose career has spanned over six decades. She is famous for leading roles in plays such as "A Streetcar Named Desire," "A Doll’s House", and "Long Day's Journey into Night", and has starred in nearly sixty films.
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The Wife Takes a Flyer The Wife Takes a Flyer (UK title: "A Yank in Dutch") is a 1942 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring by Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The screenplay was written by Jay Dratler, Gina Kaus and Harry Segall. The music score is by Werner R. Heymann.
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God's Gift to Women God's Gift to Women (1931) is an American Pre-Code romantic musical comedy film by Warner Brothers. The film starred Frank Fay, Charles Winninger, Laura LaPlante, Louise Brooks and Joan Blondell. The film was based on the play called "The Devil Was Sick" by Jane Hinton, and was originally completed as a musical film. Due to audience distaste for musicals, however, all the songs were cut in American prints. The complete film was released intact in other countries, where there was no such decline in popularity.
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Paulette Goddard Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy; June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American actress. A child fashion model and a performer in several Broadway productions as a Ziegfeld Girl, she became a major star of Paramount Pictures in the 1940s. Her most notable films were her first major role, as Charles Chaplin's leading lady in "Modern Times", and Chaplin's subsequent film "The Great Dictator". She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "So Proudly We Hail!" (1943). Her husbands included Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich Maria Remarque.
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Brenda Dean Paul Brenda Irene Isabelle Frances Theresa Dean Paul (8 May 1907 – 26 July 1959), generally known by her stage name Brenda Dean Paul, was a British silent film actress and socialite, and a member of the Bright young things in the 1920s. Her use of illegal drugs landed her in court and in the tabloid press of the day. She served time in Holloway Prison and had many stints in hospitals in efforts to shake her addiction.
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Mary Webb Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English romantic novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film "Gone to Earth" in 1950 by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They inspired the famous parody "Cold Comfort Farm".
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The Muse (1999 film) The Muse is a 1999 comedy film starring Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell and Jeff Bridges, directed by Brooks.
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Grace Arnold Grace Arnold (19 September 1894 – 26 February 1979) was an English actress. Her first film was "Men Without Honour" in 1939, where she starred opposite an actor named Ian Fleming.
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Elinor Glyn Elinor Glyn ("née" Sutherland; 17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943) was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction that was considered scandalous for its time. She popularized the concept of "It". Although her works are relatively tame by modern standards, she had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and perhaps on the careers of notable Hollywood stars such as Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow in particular.
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The Splendid Coward The Splendid Coward is a 1918 British silent crime film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring James Knight, Joan Legge and Roy Travers.
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The Broken Pledge The Broken Pledge is a 1915 American silent comedy film starring Wallace Beery and Gloria Swanson. Off screen, Beery and Swanson were briefly married.
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Betty Balfour Betty Balfour (27 March 1903 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to audiences for her "Squibs" series of films.
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A Woman of Distinction A Woman of Distinction is a 1950 romantic comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell. It stars Rosalind Russell and Ray Milland.
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Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (] ; 29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is best remembered for her roles as Ilsa Lund in "Casablanca" (1942) and as Alicia Huberman in "Notorious" (1946), an Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Cary Grant and Claude Rains.
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Pamela Mason Pamela Mason (10 March 1916 – 29 June 1996), also known as Pamela Kellino, was an English actress, author, and screenwriter, known for being the creative partner and first wife of English actor James Mason.
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Marjorie Gordon Marjorie Gordon (12 November 1893 – 14 October 1983) was an English actress and singer.
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Joyce Redman Joyce Olivia Redman (9 December 1915 – 10 May 2012) was an Anglo-Irish actress.
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Look After Lulu! Look After Lulu! is a play by British actor and playwright Noël Coward, based on "Occupe-toi d'Amélie" by Georges Feydeau. It is set in Paris in 1908. The farcical story concerns an attractive prostitute who is entrusted to a friend by her lover, when he goes into the army. The friend tricks her into a mock wedding.
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Viola Lyel Viola Lyel (19 December 1896 – 14 August 1972) was an English actress. In a long stage career she appeared in the West End and on Broadway, for leading directors of the day, including Sir Barry Jackson, and Nigel Playfair. Her roles ranged from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to melodrama and drawing room comedies.
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That Forsyte Woman That Forsyte Woman (released in the United Kingdom as The Forsyte Saga) is a 1949 romance film starring Greer Garson, Errol Flynn, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young and Janet Leigh. It is an adaptation of "The Man of Property", the first novel in "The Forsyte Saga" by John Galsworthy.