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Vanessa, Her Love Story

Vanessa, Her Love Story

1935Movie⏱️ 1h 14mApproved
DramaRomance
6.1
IMDB Rating
204 votes

The only person that Vanessa wants to marry is Benjamin and they are finally engaged. When a fire sweeps through her father's house, Benjie is able to save Vanessa, but he cannot save her already-dead father. Since Vanessa blames ...

Director
William K. Howard
Writers
Lenore J. Coffee, Hugh Walpole
Stars
Robert Montgomery, Helen Hayes, May Robson
Release Date
March 1, 1935
Language
English
Country
United States
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Wins
💬 9
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🎭 Top Cast

Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery
as Benjamin 'Benjie' Herries
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
as Vanessa Paris
May Robson
May Robson
as Madame Judith Paris
Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger
as Ellis Herries
Lewis Stone
Lewis Stone
as Adam Paris
Henry Stephenson
Henry Stephenson
as Barney Newmark
Violet Kemble Cooper
Violet Kemble Cooper
as Lady Herries
Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp
as George - the Inn Owner
Agnes Anderson
Agnes Anderson
as Marion - the Barmaid
Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore
as Will Leathwaite

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Lake Sherwood, California, USA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

🏷️ Keywords

barmaidfirebagpipesfalse accusationpregnancy

🎯 Categories

DramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

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by westerfieldalfred2019-01-03
5/10

"Vanessa is an amazing film. Every actor is pitch perfect, the production values are top draw, yet the film fails to entertain. We have an opera with full audience, a garden party with hundreds, a horse parade with thousands, a fort in Egypt, mansions in various locations. This might have been MGM's most expensive film of 1935. We have Helen Hayes, perfect in the role as loving, long suffering, and duty bound. Her scenes with Otto Kruger are exceptional. Few pairings have been more affecting. I've written of Kruger's ability to do any acting task. Here he succeeds brilliantly. Mo..."

💡 Did You Know?

Originally set to star Gloria Swanson.

📖 Synopsis

The only person that Vanessa wants to marry is Benjamin and they are finally engaged. When a fire sweeps through her father's house, Benjie is able to save Vanessa, but he cannot save her already-dead father. Since Vanessa blames ...