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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.
- (1.7K)
- 1937-02-19
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- 98
Resourceful and engaging Fay Cheyney, posing as a wealthy Australian widow at a Monte Carlo hotel, befriends Mrs. Webley with the intention of stealing her pearl necklace, a plot devised by Charles, her butler and partner-in-crime.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Elderly Lord Francis Kelton (Frank Morgan) and slick Lord Arthur Dilling (Robert Montgomery) both have eyes for the charming heiress Fay Cheyney (Joan Crawford).
- (31)
- Richard Boleslawski, George Fitzmaurice
- Comedy
- Joan Crawford
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is a 1925 play by British playwright Frederick Lonsdale. A popular success in London, it was adapted four times as a film, three times in the United States from 1929 to 1951, and the last, in 1961, as a German production.
When everyone has gone, Arthur says that he has arranged for them to be married by a neighboring bishop that morning, marking the last of Mrs. Cheyney and the first of Lady Dilling. A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
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.
