Once a Lady

Once a Lady is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and starring Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello and Jill Esmond. The film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is a remake of the Pola Negri silent film Three Sinners (1928).^[1][2] The film was the final attempt by British matinée idol Novello to establish himself in Hollywood.^[3]

Once a Lady
Directed by	Guthrie McClintic
Written by	Rudolf Bernauer (play Das Zweite Leben) Rudolf Osterreicher (play Das Zweite Leben) Zoë Akins (writer) Samuel Hoffenstein (writer)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Ruth Chatterton Ivor Novello Jill Esmond
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 7, 1931 (1931-11-07)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to leave Britain and moves to Paris. Many years later, her daughter approaches her, needing her help.

Cast

• Ruth Chatterton as Anna Keremazoff
• Ivor Novello as Bennett Cloud
• Jill Esmond as Faith Penwick the Girl
• Geoffrey Kerr as Jimmy Fenwick
• Doris Lloyd as Lady Ellen Somerville
• Herbert Bunston as Roger Fenwick
• Gwendolyn Logan as Mrs. Fenwick
• Stella Moore as Alice Fenwick
• Edith Kingdon as Caroline Gryce
• Bramwell Fletcher as Allen Corinth
• Theodore von Eltz as Harry Cosden
• Ethel Griffies as Miss Bleeker
• Claude King as Sir William Gresham
• Lillian Rich as Jane Vernon
• Leonard Carey as Butler
• Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Propriétaire