I Am Suzanne Explained

I Am Suzanne
Director:	Rowland V. Lee
Producer:	Fox Film Corporation
Starring:	Lilian Harvey
Music:	Louis De Francesco Friedrich Hollaender
Cinematography:	Lee Garmes
Distributor:	Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:	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.

Cast

• Lilian Harvey - Suzanne
• Gene Raymond - Tony Malatini
• Leslie Banks - Adolphe 'Baron' Herring
• Georgia Caine - Mama
• Murray Kinnell - Luigi Malatini
• Geneva Mitchell - Fifi
• Halliwell Hobbes - Dr. Lorenzo
• Edward Keane - Manager
• Lionel Belmore - Satan
• Lynn Bari - Audience member (uncredited)

Reception

The film was not a success at the box office.^[3]

Notes and References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
2. Book: Latshaw, George. Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. 1978. Richards Rosen Press. NY. 19. 9780486409528.
3. News: Douglas W. Churchill . THE YEAR IN HOLLYWOOD: 1984 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era. . . December 30, 1934 . X5.