I Give My Heart

Synopsis

The Loves of Madame du Barry was the American title of the 1935 British operetta I Give My Heart, based on the stage musical The Du Barry. German actress Gitta Alpar stars as Jeanne, the young 18th century Parisian milliner who sleeps her way to the uppermost rungs of French aristocracy, emerging at last as the glamorous Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV (Owen Nares). Refusing to gloss over du Barry's sexual peccadilloes (as previous films with Norma Talmadge and Dolores del Rio had done), the film presents the "heroine" as a whore, pure and simple-or, on second thought, not so pure and simple! Particularly troublesome for American censors was a scene in which du Barry is depicted as a resident of a bawdy house. Otherwise, The Loves of Madame du Barry is standard historical-drama fare, allowing dozens of top European actors to play "dress-up" for 90 minutes.

Main Cast

Gitta Alpár

Madame du Barry

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Patrick Waddington

René

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Owen Nares

Louis XV

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Arthur Margetson

Count du Barry

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Margaret Bannerman

Marechale

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Hugh Miller

Choiseul

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Gibb McLaughlin

De Brissac

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Iris Ashley

Margot

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Marcel Varnel
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