The Fountain is a 1934 American romance film starring Ann Harding. It was directed by John Cromwell and distributed by RKO Pictures.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Fountain It is based on the 1932 novel of the same title by Charles Morgan.
The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, <-book title) p.62 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
Plot
"A romantic drama concerning an exiled Englishwoman living in Holland during the First World War, who has to tell her wounded German husband that she has fallen in love with an interned British flyer (and childhood friend)."Canham, 1976 p. 122: Filmography section. The entire plot summary is paraphrased here from Canham source.
Cast Ann Harding as Julie von Marwitz Brian Aherne as Lewis Alison Paul Lukas as Rupert von Marwitz Jean Hersholt as Baron Van Leyden Ralph Forbes as Ballaster Violet Kemble Cooper as Baroness Van Leyden Sara Haden as Susie Richard Abbott as Allard Van Leyden Barbara Barondess as Geof's wife Rudolph Anders as Geof Van Leyden Betty Alden as Allard's wife Ian Wolfe as Van Arkel Frank Reicher as Doctor Douglas Wood as de Greve Ferike Boros as Nurse
Footnotes
References Canham, Kingsley. 1976. The Hollywood Professionals, Volume 5: King Vidor, John Cromwell, Mervyn LeRoy. The Tantivy Press, London.
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