Slightly Scarlet (1930)
Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French Riviera. Aware that Lucy is a phony, jewel-thief Malatroff blackmails Lucy into helping him steal the valuable necklace owned by the young wife of phlegmatic American businessman Sylvester Corbett.
- Date of release
- 1930-02-22
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Louis J. Gasnier, Edwin H. Knopf
Casting
- Evelyn Brent — Lucy Stavrin
- Clive Brook — Hon. Courtenay Parkes
- Paul Lukas — Malatroff
- Eugene Pallette — Sylvester Corbett
- Helen Ware — Corbett's Wife
- Virginia Bruce — Enid Corbett
- Henry Wadsworth — Sandy Weyman
- Claud Allister — Albert Hawkins
- Christiane Yves — Marie
- Morgan Farley — Malatroff's Victim
- André Cheron — Butler
- Georges Renavent — Inspector
Interesting facts
Slightly Scarlet is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Edwin H. Knopf and starring Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook. The film was shot in several different language versions, with different casts. The French version was titled L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes, and stars Claudette Colbert as Lucy and Adolphe Menjou as Parkes.
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