I Loved a Woman

I Loved a Woman is a 1933 American pre-Code drama directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Kay Francis, Edward G. Robinson, and Genevieve Tobin. According to producer Hal Wallis' autobiography (with Charles Higham), Robinson and Francis "were oddly matched. Kay was so tall that we had to put Eddie [Robinson] on a box in some scenes to bring him level with her and, understandably he was humiliated. Irritable and self-conscious, he argued with Kay frequently. But he [...] gave credit to her fine acting." However, it was Wallis and other executives who also made the choice to cut three of Kay's scenes, leaving her presence in the film really as a supporting actor.[1]

I Loved a Woman
1933 Theatrical Poster
Directed byAlfred E. Green
Produced byHenry Blanke
Screenplay byCharles Kenyon
Sidney Sutherland
Based onDavid Karsner (novel)
StarringKay Francis
Edward G. Robinson
Genevieve Tobin
Music byBernhard Kaun
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Edited byHerbert Levy
Production
company
First National Pictures
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 23, 1933 (1933-09-23)
Running time
90 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

John Hayden (Robinson), owner of a Chicago meat-packing company, falls in love with a beautiful opera singer (Francis).

Cast

References
  1. Daniel Bubbeo, The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2010), 92, ISBN 0786462361; Robert Beck, The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia (Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2002), 162, ISBN 1476606668; and Hal Wallis and Charles Higham, Starmaker: The Autobiography of Hal Wallis (NY: Macmillan, 1980); ISBN 0026231700


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