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I Found Stella Parish

  • 1935
  • Approved
  • 1h 25m
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6.7/10
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Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Sybil Jason, and Paul Lukas in I Found Stella Parish (1935)
A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.
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A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.

  • Director
    • Mervyn LeRoy
  • Writers
    • Casey Robinson
    • John Monk Saunders
  • Stars
    • Kay Francis
    • Ian Hunter
    • Paul Lukas
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    622
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • Casey Robinson
      • John Monk Saunders
    • Stars
      • Kay Francis
      • Ian Hunter
      • Paul Lukas
    • 22User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Kay Francis
    Kay Francis
    • Stella Parish
    Ian Hunter
    Ian Hunter
    • Keith Lockridge
    Paul Lukas
    Paul Lukas
    • Stephan Norman
    Sybil Jason
    Sybil Jason
    • Gloria Parish
    Jessie Ralph
    Jessie Ralph
    • Nana
    Barton MacLane
    Barton MacLane
    • Clifton Jeffords
    Eddie Acuff
    Eddie Acuff
    • Dimmie
    Joe Sawyer
    Joe Sawyer
    • Chuck
    • (as Joseph Sawyer)
    Walter Kingsford
    Walter Kingsford
    • Reeves
    Harry Beresford
    Harry Beresford
    • James
    Robert Strange
    Robert Strange
    • Jed Duffy
    Harry Allen
    • Driver to Steamship
    • (uncredited)
    Brandon Beach
    • Theatre Patron
    • (uncredited)
    William A. Boardway
    William A. Boardway
    • Theatre Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Ward Bond
    Ward Bond
    • Roman Soldier in Play
    • (uncredited)
    Harlan Briggs
    Harlan Briggs
    • Theater Manager
    • (uncredited)
    Elsa Buchanan
    Elsa Buchanan
    • Stella's Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Francis X. Bushman Jr.
    Francis X. Bushman Jr.
    • Erik in Play
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • Casey Robinson
      • John Monk Saunders
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      There was a widely-held belief that a young man in a wig and period costume appearing in a scene with Kay Francis in "I Found Stella Parish" was a young Errol Flynn. This was the chained male prisoner standing to the left of an all-white-clad Kay Francis on stage as she is giving her act IV speech near play finale. As reported by Rudy Behlmer in the March 1970 issue of "Films in Review" the writer and his collaborators, Clifford McCarthy and Tony Thomas, concluded that the Flynn lookalike was actually Ralph Bushman (a.k.a. Francis X. Bushman Jr.).
    • Goofs
      In 1 scene, both Gloria and Keith ask for a cookie. Since both were English, they really would have asked for a biscuit.
    • Quotes

      Stella Parish, an alias of Elsa Jeffords, aka Aunt Lumilla Evans: We Americans are a fun-loving people; we pay most anything just to look at a freak. That's what I am now--a freak--a headline. I'm hot stuff. The public will eat me up, and I'll make 'em pay for it.

    • Connections
      Featured in Comet Over Broadway (1938)
    • Soundtracks
      The Pig and the Cow (and the Dog and Cat)
      (1935) (uncredited)
      Music by Harry Warren
      Lyrics by Al Dubin
      Played by Kay Francis on the piano
      Sung by Sybil Jason

    User reviews22

    Featured review
    8/10

    kay francis in disguise.

    Kay Francis had started out a couple years back when the talkies were just starting. Here, she's Stella, a British stage star who runs off to Amurrica to escape her past in this Warner Brothers film. Her daughter is child-star Sybill Jason, a precocious eight year old. and her mother, played by the amazing Jessie Ralph. check her out in Bank Dick, and so many other great films. what a presence. Co-stars Ian Hunter as the newspaper guy chasing after Stella to find out what's going on. What IS the big secret ?? Pretty good story. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. From a story by John Saunders. Had won an oscar for Dawn Patrol. and wrote the 1927 version of "Wings". and was married to Fay Wray. who could ask for more? apparently that wasn't enough. offed himself at age 44.
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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1935 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stella Parish
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • First National Pictures
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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