The Sin of Madelon Claudet

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
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Directed byEdgar Selwyn
Written byCharles MacArthur
Ben Hecht (uncredited)
Based onLullaby
1923 play
by Edward Knoblock
Produced byIrving Thalberg
StarringHelen Hayes
Lewis Stone
Jean Hersholt
Robert Young
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Edited byTom Held
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 24, 1931 (1931-10-24)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Sin of Madelon Claudet is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Helen Hayes. The screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht was adapted from the play The Lullaby by Edward Knoblock. It tells the story of a wrongly imprisoned woman who turns to theft and prostitution in order to support her son.