The Age of Innocence (1934 film)
7.6 /10 1 Votes7.6
4.5/5 Amazon Genre Drama, Romance Duration Country United States | 6.3/10 IMDb Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date September 14, 1934 Cast (Countess Ellen Olenska), (Newland Archer), (Julius Beaufort), (Granny Manson Mingott), (May Welland), (Mrs. Welland) Similar movies Irene Dunne and John Boles appear in The Age of Innocence and Back Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Age of Innocence (1934) is an American drama film directed by Philip Moeller and starring Irene Dunne, John Boles and Lionel Atwill. The film is an adaptation of the novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, set in the fashionable New York society of the 1870s. Prolific on Broadway, Philip Moeller directed only two films: this, and the 1935 Break of Hearts with Katharine Hepburn.
Contents
The novel was also adapted in a 1924 silent film version starring Beverly Bayne and a 1993 film version that starred Michelle Pfeiffer. A 1928 Broadway stage adaptation starred Katharine Cornell.
The age of innocence trailer 1993 hq
Plot summary
At his 1875 engagement party, the wealthy Newland Archer (John Boles) is surprised to meet his childhood friend Ellen (Irene Dunne), beautiful and grown up and now Countess Olenska. Olenska is the cousin of his fiancee May (Julie Haydon) and is considered scandalous by the strait-laced society of the time. Newland, however, treats her well and sends her two dozen yellow roses. Olenska turns to Newland for advice about a possible divorce.
Cast
Reception
The film was a box office disappointment.
References
The Age of Innocence (1934 film) WikipediaThe Age of Innocence (1934 film) IMDbThe Age of Innocence (1934 film) Amazon.comThe Age of Innocence (1934 film) themoviedb.org