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The Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and Louis J. Gasnier and starring Walter Huston, Kay Francis, and Kenneth MacKenna. The screenplay by Martin Brown and Louise Long is based on the 1928 play The General by Lajos Zilahy. A separate 1931 German-language version The Night of Decision was shot ...
The Virtuous Sin: Directed by George Cukor, Louis J. Gasnier. With Walter Huston, Kay Francis, Kenneth MacKenna, Jobyna Howland. Marya is the wife of medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- George Cukor, Louis J. Gasnier
- 1930-11-01
Sep 11, 2023 · The Virtuous Sin (1930) Marya is married to medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I. When her husband is sentenced to death by firing squad due to his insubordination, Marya offers herself to General Gregori Platoff in order to save him.
“THE Virtuous Sin,” the lurid title for the picturization of Lajos Zilahy’s play “The General,” which was at the Paramount, is a clever comedy with a splendid performance by Walter Huston, who appears as a Russian General-Gregori Platoff. This high officer is a strict disciplinarian, whose uniforms fit him to perfection.
Nov 1, 1930. Premiere Information. New York premiere: 24 Oct 1930. Production Company. Paramount-Publix Corp. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the novel A Tábornok by Lajos Zilahy (Budapest, 1928).
- George Cukor, Louis Gasnier
- Walter Huston
The Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and Louis J. Gasnier and starring Walter Huston, Kay Francis, and Ken...
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The Virtuous Sin was Francis’ first big starring role (with more prominent beauty mark), holding her own opposite Walter Huston. A testament to Paramount’s faith in Francis that they would give her this early trial-by-fire, knowing full well she would come out the other side unscathed, asking for more.
