Movie Reviewed: The Sin Of Madelon Claudet (1931), starring Helen Hays
Helen Hays in her Academy award winning role as Madelon Claudet
Helen Hays gives a marvelous performance in a story about mothers’ love for her child tear-jerker. The audience simply loved it. This is a story about a wrongly imprisoned woman who had turned to theft in order to support her son. Later, her son becomes a successful medical doctor but unaware of his mother’s sacrifices. In the final stages they reunite under unexpected circumstances. Helen Hays won her first Academy award in the category of best actress. The movie is based on a play by Edgar Selwyn who directed the film and the script written by her husband Charles MacArthur. It was practically a rewrite of Madame X. The movie is strongly supported by Neil Hamilton, Lewis Stone, Marie Prevost and Jean Hersholt. Robert Young, then a young MGM recruit gave a splendid support to her in this 1931 classic. This is a great movie to watch but a lot of drama.
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