Devotion (1931)
DEVOTION WAS ALL THAT THE LAW WOULD ALLOW HER TO GIVE HIM......LOVE WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION!
A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.
- Date of release
- 1931-09-25
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Robert Milton
Casting
- Ann Harding — Shirley Mortimer
- Leslie Howard — David Trent
- O. P. Heggie — Mr. Emmet Mortimer
- Louise Closser Hale — Mrs. Mortimer
- Dudley Digges — Sergeant Herbert Coggins
- Alison Skipworth — Mrs. Matilda Coggins
- Doris Lloyd — Pansy
- Robert Williams — Norman Harrington
- Olive Tell — Mrs. Trent
- Tempe Pigott — Tibby - The Cook
- Ruth Weston — Margaret Mortimer
- Joan Carr — Marjory Fielding
Interesting facts
Devotion is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Ann Harding and Leslie Howard based on the 1930 Pamela Wynne novel A Little Flat in the Temple. Its plot involves a woman who disguises herself and gains employment in the home of the man she loves.
Production
The working titles for this film were A Little Flat in the Temple and Alias Mrs. Halifax.
Between this film and the success of Platinum Blonde, released later the same year, Robert Williams' star was in the ascendant, but he died of peritonitis after surgery for acute appendicitis only three days after the release of Platinum Blonde.
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