Madame Racketeer

Madame Racketeer (1932)

International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.

Дата выхода
1932-07-23
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (6)
Длительность
1 ч 12 мин
Жанры
комедия
Режиссёр
Alexander Hall, Harry Wagstaff Gribble

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Madame Racketeer is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film featuring Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett and George Raft. The movie was directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Alexander Hall. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Production

The film was based on an original screenplay based on the life of a real woman. It was sold under the title The Countess of Auburn. This was changed to The Sporting Widow then Madame Racketeer. In March 1932 Paramount announced Alison Skipworth would star.

In April 1932 Irving Cummings signed to direct. George Raft was cast later that month. Raft had recently signed a long-term contract with Paramount off the back of his strength of his work in Scarface but that film had not gone into wide release yet.

Numerous retakes were done after the film was completed.

The movie was one of 23 films put into receivership by Paramount in January 1933.

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