Maid of Salem | |
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Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
Written by | Walter Ferris Durwad Grimstead Bradley King |
Produced by | Howard Estabrook |
Starring |
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Harvey Stephens |
Cinematography | Leo Tover |
Edited by | Hugh Bennett |
Music by | Victor Young |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Maid of Salem is a 1937 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Harvey Stephens. It was made and distributed by Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures,
A young girl in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 has an affair with an adventurer. She is sentenced as a witch, but saved by him.
Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly positive review, describing the dialogue as "pompously period", but praising the story as one allowing for "a little authentic horror [] to creep in". [1]