The Trial of Mary Dugan (film)

When she discovers the dead body of her wealthy, married lover, showgirl Mary Dugan (Norma Shearer) is arrested and tried for murder. In court, district attorney Galway (H.B. Warner) immediately denigrates Marys lifestyle through the testimony of various witnesses. When Marys attorney, Edward West (Lewis Stone), provides only minimal challenges, her brother (Raymond Hackett), a recent law school graduate, demands to take over Marys defense and allows her to testify on her own behalf.

Contents

• Similar Movies
• Cast
• References

The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1929 talking film produced and distributed by MGM 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 this film. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding (in Shearers role), who would come to Hollywood a few years later at the beginning of talkies. This was Veillers first and only sound film directorial effort as he had directed several silent films before 1922.

A woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama stars Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, Lilyan Tashman and H. B. Warner.