Madame X [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; dialogue by Willard Mack ; directed by Lionel Barrymore. Madame X / Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; a Sam Wood production ; directed by Sam Wood ; produced by James Kevin McGuinness ; screen play by John Meehan.
(1929 version) Lewis Stone, Ruth Chatterton, Raymond Hackett, Holmes Herbert, Eugenie Besserer, John P. Edington, Mitchell Lewis, Ullric Haupt, Sidney Toler, Richard Carle, Carroll Nye, Claud King, Chappell Dossett. (1937 version) Gladys George, Warren William, John Beal, Reginald Owen, William Henry. Originally released as motion pictures in 1929, 1937. Based on the play La femme X by Alexandre Bisson. "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.
Contents:
Madame X (1929, 95 min.) -- Madame X (1937, 72 min.)
Summary:
(1929 version) "Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her son. The son, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court."--Imdb.com. (1937 version) A woman's lover is shot by a jealous competitor. Fearing scandal she begs for her husband's mercy but he throws her out, forbidding her to see her young son ever again. Falling into a sordid life, she finally faces the truth about her past as an unscrupulous gambler tries to extort money from her husband.
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