Reunion in Vienna

Summary

Reunion in Vienna is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama produced and distributed by MGM. Sidney Franklin served as director. The film stars John Barrymore in a story taken from the 1931 stage play of the same name by Robert Emmet Sherwood.[2][3]

Reunion in Vienna
Directed bySidney Franklin
Written byRobert Emmet Sherwood (play Reunion in Vienna)
Ernest Vajda
Claudine West
Produced byLouis B. Mayer
Irving Thalberg
StarringJohn Barrymore
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byBlanche Sewell
Music byWilliam Axt
Paul Marquardt
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
June 16, 1933
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$478,000[1]
Box office$643,000[1]

Plot edit

An archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst.

Cast edit

Unbilled

Box office edit

The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $643,000: $379,000 from the US and Canada and $264,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $134,000.[1] It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Film 1931-40 by The American film Institute, c.1993]
  3. ^ Reunion in Vienna as produced on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre November 16,1931 to July 1932, 164 performances; IBDb.com

External links edit

  • Reunion in Vienna. A Play in Three Acts at Faded Page (Canada)
  • Reunion in Vienna at IMDb  
  • Reunion in Vienna; allmovie.com / synopsis