Kind Lady

Kind Lady (1951)

Broadway's dramatic thunderbolt!

Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One day she meets a strange young painter named Elcott, who uses his painting skill to enter into her life. Little does she expect that his only interest in Mary is to covet everything she has.

Date of release
1951-06-20
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Director
John Sturges

Casting

Interesting facts

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Kind Lady is a 1951 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer crime film noir directed by John Sturges and starring Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Keenan Wynn and Angela Lansbury. The film is remake of the 1935 film of the same name that stars Aline MacMahon in the title role.

Production

MGM announced the film project in March 1950, with Ethel Barrymore slated as the star. MGM hired Edward Chodorov, who had written the stage play Kind Lady with George Haight, to write the screen adaptation. The play had been based on the story "The Silver Mask" by Hugh Walpole.

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