The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 film by Clarence Brown / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 American period film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery and Ainsworth Morgan, which was based on a 1934 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. The supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart.
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Directed by | Clarence Brown |
Written by | Stephen Morehouse Avery Ainsworth Morgan |
Based on | The Gorgeous Hussy 1934 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams |
Produced by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Starring | Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone |
Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
Music by | Herbert Stothart |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,119,000[1] |
Box office | $2,019,000[1] |
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The film's plot tells a fictionalized account of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and an innkeeper's daughter, Peggy O'Neal. Peggy O'Neill had a central role in the Petticoat affair that disrupted the cabinet of Andrew Jackson.[2]