The Stranger's Return
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Produced by | Lucien Hubbard |
| Written by | Philip Stong (novel/screenplay) Brown Holmes |
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Miriam Hopkins Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Richard Fantl Ben Lewis |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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89 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $300,000 |
| Box office | $630,000 |
The Stranger's Return is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film released by MGM and starring Miriam Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone. Miriam Hopkins was loaned out to MGM for this picture while under contract to Paramount.
Miriam Hopkins plays Louise Starr, who gets divorced from her husband and returns to the home she left on a farm where she reunites with her grandfather. He introduces her to Guy Crane with whom she falls in love; however, he is married.
The New York Times called the film "a shrewd, delightful and altogether effective entertainment, with a hearty and brilliant performance by Lionel Barrymore as the season's liveliest octogenarian."Variety declared it "an outstanding production from the three angles of story, production and acting, in spite of the, from some angles, unsatisfactory ending."John Mosher of The New Yorker wrote a mixed review that faulted the plot: "Though the film is longish, too long, we want more explanations of the people than are given."Harrison's Reports wrote that although the film "offers some good character studies, particularly the one portrayed by Lionel Barrymore as a self-willed old man, it is too slow for the masses," adding that it was difficult to sympathize with the love affair "because the hero is married to a very decent woman."
The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $630,000: $439,000 from the US and Canada and $191,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $106,000.
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