The Right to Love (1930 film)

The Right to Love
Paul Lukas and Ruth Chatterton
Directed by Richard Wallace
Written by Zoe Akins
Susan Glaspell (novel-Brook Evans)
Starring Ruth Chatterton
Paul Lukas
David Manners
Music by Karl Hajos (uncredited)
W. Franke Harling (uncredited)
Cinematography Charles Lang
Edited by Eda Warren
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 27, 1930 (1930-12-27)
Running time
79 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Right to Love is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film which was nominated at the 4th Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (for Charles Lang).[1][2] It was based on Glaspell's 1928 novel Brook Evans.[3]

Premise

A woman's daughter learns she is illegitimate.

Cast

References

  1. The Right to Love details, imdb.com; accessed September 1, 2015.
  2. The Right to Love details, nytimes.com; accessed September 1, 2015.
  3. Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature - Page 230 1438109105 Mary Ellen Snodgrass - 2014 ... settling in Delphi, Greece, Glaspell married the poet Norman Häghem Matson. She produced Brooke Evans (1928), the basis for the film The Right to Love (1930), and chronicled the collapse of her second union in Fugitive's Return (1929).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.