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A Notorious Affair is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lloyd Bacon released in USA on 4 may 1930 with Billie Dove

A Notorious Affair (1930)

A Notorious Affair
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Released in USA 4 may 1930
Length 1h9
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating53% 2.6605252.6605252.6605252.6605252.660525

A Notorious Affair is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film, produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros..

It was directed by Lloyd Bacon and starred Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone and Kay Francis. The film was adapted from the play Fame, which was written by Audrey and Waverly Carter.

Synopsis

Billie Dove plays Lady Patricia, a socialite who, despite being engaged to an aristocrat, shocks her friends and social class by marrying a poor Italian violinist Paul Gherardi (Rathbone). Through her wealth and influence, Patricia makes Paul famous and wealthy. In spite of this, Paul falls for the charms of a vamp, Countess Olga Balakireff (Francis) who likes to fool around with rich men. Eventually Paul has a nervous breakdown due to overwork and collapses.

Actors

Billie Dove

(Patricia Hanley)Basil Rathbone

(Paul Gherardi)Kay Francis

(Countess Olga Balakireff)Kenneth Thomson

(Dr. Alan Pomeroy)Montagu Love

(Sir Thomas Hanley)
And :
Malcolm Waite
Wilson Benge
Gino Corrado
Florence Wix
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