Chloe, Love Is Calling You
| 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 | |
Release date | April 1, 1934 |
Running time | 62 minutes 54 minutes (Home video release) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
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 American Film Institute Catalog
- Chloe, Love Is Calling You is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Chloe, Love Is Calling You at IMDb
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