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East Lynne

  • 5.8 /10

  • 15

Plot

The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.

Cast

Ann Harding as Lady Isabella
Ann Harding

as Lady Isabella

Clive Brook as Capt. William Levison
Clive Brook

as Capt. William Levison

Conrad Nagel as Robert Carlyle
Conrad Nagel

as Robert Carlyle

Cecilia Loftus as Cornelia Carlyle
Cecilia Loftus

as Cornelia Carlyle

Beryl Mercer as Joyce
Beryl Mercer

as Joyce

O. P. Heggie as Lord Mount Severn
O. P. Heggie

as Lord Mount Severn

Flora Sheffield as Barbara Hare
Flora Sheffield

as Barbara Hare

David Torrence as Sir Richard Hare
David Torrence

as Sir Richard Hare

Wally Albright as William as a Boy
Wally Albright

as William as a Boy

Ronnie Cosby as William as a Child
Ronnie Cosby

as William as a Child

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Passed

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 1, 1931

Production Companies

  • Fox Film Corporation

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.70 hrs

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Reviews

Much is made of the physical history of this film. The fact that it's only decent copy lies safely in the vaults of UCLA but I wonder if maybe that's not the best place for this rather unremarkable melodrama? The story centres around "Isabella" (Ann Harding) who marries "Sir Robert" (Conrad Nagel) who accepts her son but his sister "Cornelia" (Cecilie Loftus) doesn't. She now gets up to a bit of …