The Trial of Mary Dugan
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Directed byBayard Veiller
Written byBayard Veiller (play)
Becky Gardiner (screenplay)
Produced byLouis B. Mayer
StarringNorma Shearer
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byBlanche Sewell
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 8, 1929 (1929-06-08) (U.S)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1929 American pre-Code film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Norma Shearer. The film is based on the 1927 Broadway stage play The Trial of Mary Dugan by Bayard Veiller, who also directed the film. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding (in Shearer's role), who would come to Hollywood a few years later at the beginning of talkies. This was Veiller's first and only sound film directorial effort as he had directed several silent films before 1922.[1][2] The play was also published as a novel authored by William Almon Wolff, published in 1928.[3] The 1941 film of the same name is an MGM remake.

Plot

Mary Dugan, a Broadway showgirl, is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover, and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney... until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial.

Cast

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See also

References

  1. ^ The Trial of Mary Dugan at silentera.com
  2. ^ The Trial of Mary Dugan as produced on Broadway at the National Theatre, September 19, 1927 to October 1927, IBDb.com; accessed January 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Wolff, W. Almon., Veiller, B. (1928). The trial of Mary Dugan: from the play by Bayard Veiller. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co.

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