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Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Chloe, Love Is Calling You is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marshall Neilan. The film is also known as Chloe (American short title). This was lead actress Olive Borden's last film.
| Chloe, Love Is Calling You | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Marshall Neilan |
| Written by | Marshall Neilan (story and screenplay) |
| Produced by | J. D. Trop (producer) |
| Cinematography | Mack Stengler |
| Edited by | Joseph Josephson Helene Turner |
| Music by | George Henninger |
Production company | Pinnacle Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes 54 minutes (Home video release) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot summary edit
A low-budget Southern drama about a light skinned woman who was raised in the swamps who wishes to avenge her black father's lynching. She falls in love with Wade Carson, a white man who works for Col. Gordon, who orchestrated the lynching. Later she discovers that Col. Gordon is actually her father.
Cast edit
- Olive Borden as Chloe (Betty Ann Gordon)
- Reed Howes as Wade Carson
- Molly O'Day as Joyce, the Colonel's niece
- Philip Ober as Jim Strong
- Georgette Harvey as Old Mandy
- Francis Joyner as Col. Gordon
- J. Augustus Smith as Mose, a Thieving Worker
- Jess Cavin as Hill, a Thieving Worker
- Richard Huey as Ben, the Servant
Reception edit
Like many American films of the time, Chloe, Love Is Calling You was subject to review by city and state film censorship boards. The Ohio board banned the film.[1]
Soundtrack edit
- "Chloe" (Music by Neil Moret, lyrics by Gus Kahn)
References edit
- ^ Scott, Ellen C. (2015). Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era. Rutgers University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8135-7136-2.
External links edit
- Chloe, Love Is Calling You at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Chloe, Love Is Calling You is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Chloe, Love Is Calling You at IMDb