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Cynara is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film about a British lawyer who pays a heavy price for an affair. It stars Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, and Phyllis Barry. It is based on the 1928 novel An Imperfect Lover by Robert Gore-Browne.
Cynara: Directed by King Vidor. With Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry, Henry Stephenson. London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.
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- Drama, Romance
- King Vidor
- 1932-12-24
Apr 28, 2022 · Cynara. by. King Vidor. Publication date. 1932. Usage. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International. Topics. Cinema.
- 81 min
- 300
- poorskeleton
Cynara (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Kicking Over The Traces Naples established in the opening, Ronald Colman as Brit lawyer Jim doing the right thing, Kay Francis as his dishonored but sympathetic wife, Henry Stephenson his avuncular friend in flashback, in Samuel Goldwyn's Cynara, 1932.
- King Vidor, Sherry Shourds
- Ronald Colman
- Proof That It’S A Pre-Code Film
- Cynara: I Hate Everyone
- Other Reviews, Trivia, and Links
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Everyone rides Jim for not having an affair until he does.Clemency’s younger sister has a habit of falling for Lotharios; she’s whisked off to Venice because she’s “too young to have a scandal.”“Call no woman respectable until she’s dead!”Doris has a history with men that becomes a crucial point later on.There’s something to be said for emotional complexity in pre-Code Hollywood. There are films that are nuanced, thoughtful takes on relationships between men and women and the way sex interplays between long term love. There are some excellent films that really explore what happens between people who love each other when sex throws things ajar. Sadl...
The title comes from a poem called “Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae” written by Ernest Dowson. It’s the third poem from the top here. Fun fact: the same poem contains the phrase “gone w...
This film is currently in the ether. It plays on TCM once or twice a year.Slow-moving or not, Cynara was of major importance in the careers of both Ronald Colman and, in a way, Kay Francis. 1932 was Kay’s year to shine, perhaps the greatest she ever worked through. In that special year alone, she successfully switched studios, appeared in four of the most popular films of the year, and established herself as a star ...
Jim Warlock (Ronald Colman), a prominent London lawyer, is confessing to his wife, the aptly named Clemency (Kay Francis). A few months earlier, while Clemency was in Italy with her sister, Jim ...
- Drama
