The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Young Parisian Nana wards off of a boozed-up military officer at a local restaurant, and fellow diner Gaston Greiner is so impressed with her pluck that he decides to make her a performer at his musical theater. Soon, Nana is a star, and the girlfriend of Greiner and two other men. But when he learns that she's been getting around, Greiner fires her. As she tries to reclaim her singing job while dodging yet another suitor, her treachery might get the better of her.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Dorothy ArznerDirector
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Willard MackScreenplay
- Harry Wagstaff GribbleScreenplay
Cast
- Anna StenNana
- Lionel AtwillColonel André Muffat
- Richard BennettGaston Greiner
- Mae ClarkeSatin
- Phillips HolmesLieutenant George Muffat
- Muriel KirklandMimi
- Reginald OwenBordenave
- Helen FreemanSabine Muffat
- Lawrence GrantGrand Duke Alexis
- Jessie RalphZoe
- Ferdinand GottschalkFinot
- Lucille BallChorus Girl (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
pre-codewoman director