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Gallant Lady(1933)
Status: Released
Date: 1933-12-07
73%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 22m
BECAUSE SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE, HER CHILD, WHOM SHE SO LOVED, MUST NEVER KNOW SHE WAS HIS MOTHER...!
Overview:
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
20th Century Pictures
Movie: Gallant Lady
Top 8 Billed Cast
Ann Harding
Sally Wyndham
Clive Brook
Dan Pritchard
Otto Kruger
Phillip Lawrence
Tullio Carminati
Count Mario Carniri
Dickie Moore
Deedy Lawrence
Janet Beecher
Maria Sherwood
Betty Lawford
Cynthia Haddon
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Nanette - Deedy's Nurse (uncredited)
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