I Am Suzanne

I Am Suzanne
Directed by	Rowland V. Lee
Produced by	Fox Film Corporation
Written by	Edwin Justus Mayer
Starring	Lilian Harvey
Music by	Louis De Francesco Friedrich Hollaender
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	December 25, 1933
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][2] The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers^[3] 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.^[4]

References

1. I Am Suzanne! (1933), IMDb.com; accessed July 25, 2015.
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
3. Latshaw, George (1978). Puppetry: The Ultimate Disguise. NY: Richards Rosen Press. p. 19.
4. Douglas W. Churchill. "THE YEAR IN HOLLYWOOD: 1984 May Be Remembered as the Beginning of the Sweetness-and-Light Era." New York Times (1923-Current file), [New York, NY], December 30, 1934: p. X5.