Movie
Charming Sinners
1929 · 66 min
A talky, stage-bound battle of wits that feels like watching a filmed play, with wit but little visual life.
- Directed by
- Dorothy Arzner, Robert Milton
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Mary Nolan
- Tagline
- It takes a smart woman to outwit a clever man — especially when that man is her husband!
- Overview
- Charming Sinners was a stilted adaptation of Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife. Robert Miles (Clive Brook) starts the ball rolling when he falls in love with Anne-Marie Whitley (Mary Nolan), the best friend of his own wife Kathryn (Ruth Chatterton). In retaliation, Kathryn begins a flirtation with her former boyfriend Karl Kraley (William Powell). After reels and reels of verbal fencing, the status quo is re-established, and Robert and Kathryn are reunited.
- How it feels
- Satirical, cynical, romantic and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Betrayal, love, identity, class
- Content
- Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Dorothy Arzner, Robert Milton
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Mary Nolan
