Strange Interlude (film)

Strange Interlude
Directed byRobert Z. Leonard
Written byBess Meredyth
C. Gardner Sullivan
Based onStrange Interlude
1928 play
by Eugene O'Neill
Produced byRobert Z. Leonard
Irving Thalberg
StarringNorma Shearer
Clark Gable
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byMargaret Booth
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • July 15, 1932 (1932-07-15)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$654,000[1]
Box office$1.2 million[1]

Strange Interlude is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Norma Shearer and Clark Gable, and is based on the 1928 play Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill. It is greatly shortened from the play: the stage production lasts six hours and is sometimes performed over two evenings, while the film runs for two hours.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study