Nana (1934 film)

Nana
Nana
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dorothy Arzner; George Fitzmaurice
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Anna Sten; Lionel Atwill; Richard Bennett; Mae Clarke
Cinematography	Gregg Toland
Edited by	Frank Lawrence
Production; company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	February 1, 1934 (US);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Nana is a 1934 American pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice.

This version of Émile Zola's 1880 novel and heroine was to be the vehicle for Sten's triumph as Samuel Goldwyn's trained, groomed and heavily promoted answer to Greta Garbo. Despite a record-breaking opening week at Radio City Music Hall, Sten was received as beautiful but disappointing.^{[citation needed]}

Goldwyn's tutoring of Sten is mentioned in Cole Porter's 1934 song "Anything Goes" from the musical of the same name: "If Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction / Instruct Anna Sten in diction / Then Anna shows / Anything goes."

Plot

A Parisian streetwalker is discovered by a theatrical impresario and becomes a stage success. At her height of popularity, she falls in love with a soldier, and draws both ire and fascination from his protective older brother.

Cast

Anna Sten as Nana
Lionel Atwill as Colonel André Muffat
Richard Bennett as Gaston Greiner
Mae Clarke as Satin
Phillips Holmes as Lieutenant George Muffat
Reginald Owen as Bordenave
Helen Freeman as Sabine Muffat
Lawrence Grant as Grand Duke Alexis
Jessie Ralph as Zoe
Ferdinand Gottschalk as Finot
Paul Hurst as Employer (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts as Party Guest (uncredited)

Reception

The film was a box-office disappointment.^[1]^[2] It is the first of three movies that Anna Sten made with Samuel Goldwyn before being released from her contract.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Churchill, Douglas W. The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era (gate locked); New York Times 30 December 1934: X5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
^ D. W. (Nov 25, 1934). "TAKING A LOOK AT THE RECORD". New York Times. ProQuest 101193306.

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[1] Churchill, Douglas W. The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era (gate locked); New York Times 30 December 1934: X5. Retrieved December 16, 2013.

[2] D. W. (Nov 25, 1934). "TAKING A LOOK AT THE RECORD". New York Times. ProQuest 101193306.

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