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Maid of Salem






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Maid of Salem
Theatrical poster
Directed byFrank Lloyd
Written byWalter Ferris
Durwad Grimstead
Bradley King
Produced byHoward Estabrook
StarringClaudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Harvey Stephens
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byHugh Bennett
Music byVictor Young

Production
company

Paramount Pictures

Distributed byParamount Pictures

Release date

  • March 3, 1937 (1937-03-03)

Running time

85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Maid of Salem is a 1937 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Harvey Stephens. It was made and distributed by Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures,

Plot[edit]

A young girl in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 has an affair with an adventurer. She is sentenced as a witch, but saved by him.

Cast[edit]

  • Fred MacMurray as Roger Coverman
  • Harvey Stephens as Dr. John Harding
  • Gale Sondergaard as Martha Harding
  • Louise Dresser as Ellen Clarke
  • Benny Bartlett as Timothy Clarke
  • Edward Ellis as Elder Goode
  • Beulah Bondi as Abigail Goode
  • Bonita Granville as Ann Goode
  • Virginia Weidler as Nabby Goode
  • Donald Meek as Ezra Cheeves
  • E.E. Clive as Bilge
  • Halliwell Hobbes as Jeremiah
  • Pedro de Cordoba as Mr. Morse
  • Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Tituba
  • Lucy Beaumont as Rebecca, the Nurse
  • Henry Kolker as the Crown Chief Justice Laughton
  • William Farnum as the Crown Justice Sewall
  • Ivan F. Simpson as Rev. Parris
  • Brandon Hurst as the Tithing Man
  • Sterling Holloway as Miles Corbin, the Cow Herder
  • Zeffie Tilbury as Goody Hodgers
  • Babs Nelson as Baby Mercy Cheeves
  • Mary Treen as Susy Abbott
  • J. Farrell MacDonald as the Captain of the Ship
  • Stanley Fields as the First Mate
  • Lionel Belmore as the Tavern Keeper
  • Wally Albright as Jasper (uncredited)
  • Harry Cording as Guard (uncredited)
  • Russell Simpson as Village Marshal (uncredited)
  • Reception[edit]

    Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly positive review, describing the dialogue as "pompously period", but praising the story as one allowing for "a little authentic horror [] to creep in".[1]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Greene, Graham (5 March 1937). "Fire Over England/Maid of Salem/Theodora Goes Wild". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0192812866.)

    External links[edit]


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