Maid of Salem
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Directed byFrank Lloyd
Written byWalter Ferris
Durwad Grimstead
Bradley King
Produced byHoward Estabrook
StarringClaudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Harvey Stephens
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byHugh Bennett
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 3, 1937 (1937-03-03)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Maid of Salem is a 1937 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Harvey Stephens. It was made and distributed by Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures,

Plot

A young girl in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 has an affair with an adventurer. She is sentenced as a witch, but saved by him.

Cast

Reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly positive review, describing the dialogue as "pompously period", but praising the story as one allowing for "a little authentic horror [] to creep in".[1]

References

  1. ^ Greene, Graham (5 March 1937). "Fire Over England/Maid of Salem/Theodora Goes Wild". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0192812866.)

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The films of Frank Lloyd
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