Du Barry, Woman of Passion

• Director: Sam Taylor
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Biopic
• Themes: Social Climbing, Gambling
• Release Year: 1930
• Country: US
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

This drama chronicles the rise of a famous Madame from casino hostess to king's mistress. Her story begins as she is being fished from a pond by her future lover. Next she is seen as a hostess in the gambling house. She then becomes the King's mistress. Meanwhile she continues to carry on with her first love. They are together until death. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Hobart Bosworth - Corse de Brissac; William Farnum - Louis XV; Ullrich Haupt, Sr. - Jean Du Barry; Henry Kolker - L'Aiguillon; Edwin Maxwell - Maupeou; Conrad Nagel - Duc de Bissac; Edgar Norton - Renal; Alison Skipworth - La Gourdan; Norma Talmadge - Jeanette Vaubernier/Mme. Du Barry; E. Alyn Warren - Denys; Earle Browne

Credit

Park French - Art Director, William Cameron Menzies - Art Director, Sam Taylor - Director, Allen McNeil - Editor, Oliver Marsh - Cinematographer, Joseph M. Schenck - Producer, Sam Taylor - Screenwriter, David Belasco - Play Author

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