Private Lives
film by Franklin [1931]
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discussed in biography
- In Sidney Franklin
Private Lives (1931) was an elegant adaptation of the Noël Coward play, starring Shearer and Robert Montgomery. Smilin’ Through (1932) had Shearer reprising a melodramatic role in which Franklin had first directed Norma Talmadge in 1922.
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role of Shearer
- In Norma Shearer
…screen adaptation of Noël Coward’s Private Lives. She essayed biographical roles with her portrayals of Elizabeth Barrett in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) and the title role in Marie Antoinette (1938). At age 36 she played 13-year-old Juliet opposite Leslie Howard in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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