I Am Suzanne
| I Am Suzanne | |
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| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee | 
| Written by | Edwin Justus Mayer | 
| Produced by | Winfield Sheehan | 
| Starring | Lilian Harvey  Gene Raymond Leslie Banks  | 
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes | 
| Edited by | Harold D. Schuster | 
| Music by | Friedrich Hollaender | 
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| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation | 
Release date  | 
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Running time  | 98 minutes | 
| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
I Am Suzanne! is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film involving puppeteers in Paris written by Edwin Justus Mayer, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks.[1] The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers[2] and Podrecca's Piccoli Theater. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City owns and periodically exhibits a 35mm print of the film while the Eastman House in Rochester, New York, archives a 16mm copy.
Plot
Cast
- Lilian Harvey as Suzanne
 - Gene Raymond as Tony Malatini
 - Leslie Banks as Adolphe 'Baron' Herring
 - Georgia Caine as Mama
 - Murray Kinnell as Luigi Malatini
 - Geneva Mitchell as Fifi
 - Halliwell Hobbes as Dr. Lorenzo
 - Edward Keane as Manager
 - Lionel Belmore as Satan
 - Lynn Bari as Audience member (uncredited)
 
Reception
The film was not a success at the box office.[3]
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
 - ^ Latshaw, George (1978). Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. NY: Richards Rosen Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780486409528.
 - ^ Churchill, Douglas W. (December 30, 1934). "The Year in Hollywood: 1934 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era". New York Times. p. X5.
 
External links
- I Am Suzanne at IMDb
 
