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East Lynne is an English sensation novel of 1861 by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs. Henry Wood. A Victorian-era bestseller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot centering on infidelity and double identities. There have been numerous stage and film adaptations.
East Lynne is a 1931 American pre-Code film version of Ellen Wood 's eponymous 1861 novel, which was adapted by Tom Barry and Bradley King and directed by Frank Lloyd. (The adaptation was sufficiently different from Wood's original novel that the screenplay was in turn novelized for a Grosset and Dunlap Photoplay Edition by Arline de Haas.)
However, perhaps due to a hurry to get home (and definitely with a lack of attention to detail), no such mulligan came for East Lynne, rendering the raison d’être for many viewers attending (i...
- 100 min
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- WestLynne
Dec 29, 1982 · Based on the bestselling 1861 English novel by Ellen Wood. In 1845 An aristocrat's gives his only daughter ( lady Isabelle) an elaborate coming of age birthday party ( on credit) on their large East Lynne property where important plot characters are intriduced. Director. David Green.
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- Drama
- David Green
- 1982-12-29
Overview. The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again. Frank Lloyd. Director. Mrs. Henry Wood. Novel. Bradley King. Writer. Tom Barry. Writer. Reviews.
Years after giving her illegitimate son to strangers, a woman (Ann Harding) accidentally finds the boy dying of consumption.
- Drama
East Lynne is a 1931 American pre-Code film version of Ellen Wood's eponymous 1861 novel, which was adapted by Tom Barry and Bradley King and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture but lost to RKO-Radio's Cimarron.
