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True Confession

True Confession is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, and John Barrymore. It was based on the 1934 play Mon Crime, written by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil. In 1946 it was remade as Cross My Heart.

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Based on
Mon Crime (play) by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil
Cinematography
Ted Tetzlaff
Country
United States
Directed by
Wesley Ruggles
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Edited by
Paul Weatherwax

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Production Code controversy

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True Confession

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples36
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
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True Confession

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related to Production Code controversy · 11
True Confession → Carole Lombard's, Hays, Helen Bartlett, Hollywood, In, Joseph Breen, MPPDA, Paramount, Paramount Pictures, Production Code Administration, Will
related to References · 8
True Confession → August, Festival, Julie, July, Kessler, Preservation, Television Archive, UCLA Film
related to External links · 2
True Confession → IMDb True Confession, TCM Movie Database
Based on · 1
True Confession → Mon Crime (play) by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil
Cinematography · 1
True Confession → Ted Tetzlaff
Country · 1
True Confession → United States
Directed by · 1
True Confession → Wesley Ruggles
Distributed by · 1
True Confession → Paramount Pictures
Edited by · 1
True Confession → Paul Weatherwax
Language · 1
True Confession → English

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True ConfessionBased onMon Crime (play) by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil1.00infobox
True ConfessionCinematographyTed Tetzlaff1.00infobox
True ConfessionCountryUnited States1.00infobox
True ConfessionDirected byWesley Ruggles1.00infobox
True ConfessionDistributed byParamount Pictures1.00infobox
True ConfessionEdited byPaul Weatherwax1.00infobox
True ConfessionLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
True ConfessionMusic byFrederick Hollander1.00infobox
True ConfessionProduced byAlbert Lewin1.00infobox
True ConfessionProduction companyParamount Pictures1.00infobox
True ConfessionRelease dateDecember 24, 1937 (1937-12-24) (US)1.00infobox
True ConfessionRunning time85 minutes1.00infobox
True ConfessionScreenplay byClaude Binyon1.00infobox
True ConfessionStarringCarole Lombard Fred MacMurray John Barrymore1.00infobox
True Confessionis a1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Carole Lombard0.90text

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