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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is a 1937 American comedy drama film adapted from the 1925 Frederick Lonsdale play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. The film tells the story of a chic jewel thief in England, who falls in love with one of her marks.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney: Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice. With Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan. Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.
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Elderly Lord Francis Kelton (Frank Morgan) and slick Lord Arthur Dilling (Robert Montgomery) both have eyes for the charming heiress Fay Cheyney (Joan Crawford).
- Comedy
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney: Directed by Sidney Franklin. With Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, George Barraud, Herbert Bunston. At an elegant gathering of English nobility, young widow Fay Cheyney wins with her beauty, musicality and clever repartee.
Joan Crawford's version of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) was the second of three MGM screen treatments of Frederick Lonsdale's stage comedy about a chic American jewel thief in London. The play had originated in London in 1925 and was produced later the same year in New York City with Helen Hayes in the leading role.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1929, 94 min., b&w . This delightful, lighthearted comedy stars Norma Shearer as Fay Cheyney and Basil Rathbone as Lord Arthur Dilling. Mrs. Cheyney is a jewel thief who pretends to be a socialite and rich widow from Australia.
