Confession

Director: Joe May Joe May

Overview

German director Joe May brought a decidedly Teutonic ambience to his American film Confession--no surprise, since the film was based on the 1935 German production Mazurka. Kay Francis plays a onetime singer who confesses to the murder of her pianist, Basil Rathbone. In flashback, we learn that Rathbone had been responsible for the breakup of Francis's marriage. Years later, Rathbone came back into her life, this time with the intention of seducing Ms. Francis' grown daughter (Jane Bryan). In a variation of Madame X, Francis was stuck with the dilemma of deflecting Rathbone from his "mission"--and of keeping her true identity secret from her daughter. Prior to Mazurka, the Hans Rameau story upon which Confession was based had been filmed as a silent picture starring Gloria Swanson.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/25/2015
UPC:	0888574294267
Original Release:	1937
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kay Francis	Vera Kowalska
Basil Rathbone	Michael Michailow
Jane Bryan	Lisa Koslov
Donald Crisp	Presiding Judge
Mary Maguire	Hildegard
Dorothy Peterson	Mrs. Koslov,Actress Friend
Laura Hope Crews	Stella
Robert Barrat	Prosecuting Attorney,Prosecuting Attorney
Ben Welden	Defense Attorney
Veda Ann Borg	Xenia
Helen Valkis	Wanda
Anderson Lawler	Reporter
Lawrence Grant	Doctor
Michael Mark	Russian Interpreter
Sam Rice	Man at Station
Al Lloyd	Man at Station
Perc Teeple	Man at Station
Jack Richardson	Man at Station
Lyle Moraine	Usher at Theatre
Ferdinand Munier	Bald Man at Theatre
Peggy Keys	Autograph Fan
Jewell Jordan	Autograph Fan
Sam Ash	Waiter
Edward Keane	Cabaret manager
Pierre Watkin	Lawyer
Dawn Bender	Lisa as a Baby
Janet Shaw	Actress Friend
Jody Gilbert	Actress Friend,Actor
Evelyn Mulhall	Actress Friend
Symona Boniface	Actress Friend
Edward Price	Actor Friend
Jeffrey Sayre	Actor Friend
John Mather	Actor Friend
Lane Chandler	Actor Friend
John Davidson	Actor Friend
Maurice Brierre	Actor Friend
Ian Hunter	Leonide Kilrow
Jack Scholl	Composer
Leo Forbstein	Composer
Peter Kreunder	Composer

Technical Credits

Stanley Logan

Julius J. Epstein

Hans Rameau

Margaret LaVino

Joe May	Director
Stanley Logan	Screenwriter
Julius J. Epstein	Screenwriter
Hans Rameau	Playwright,Screenwriter
Henry Blanke	Producer
Hal Wallis	Producer
Margaret LaVino	Screenwriter