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  • I Believed in You (1934)
  • 69 min | Drama
I Believed in You (1934)
69 min | Drama

After miners attack Jim Crowl, a labor agitator trying to incite them to strike, he seeks refuge from the police at the home of True Merrill, a naive would-be writer who has lived all her life with her recently deceased father. Jim cajoles...See moreAfter miners attack Jim Crowl, a labor agitator trying to incite them to strike, he seeks refuge from the police at the home of True Merrill, a naive would-be writer who has lived all her life with her recently deceased father. Jim cajoles True into wanting to experience love, hate and suffering, and convinces her to accompany him to New York. In Greenwich Village, True enjoys Jim's Bohemian friends, all of whom patronize the Pig's Eye cafe: unpublished poet Saracen Jones; struggling artist Russell Storm; and dancer Vavara, with whom, unknown to True, Jim is involved. When the group, who all live in Russell's apartment, are evicted, Jim, who is really an agitator for mercenary reasons, conducts a sidewalk auction of Russell's paintings, which turns into a brawl due to Jim's inflammatory criticisms of society. True slaps wealthy dilettante Michael Harrison after he facetiously offers to buy a painting just to destroy it, and she is sentenced to ten days in jail, as is Jim. Later, Michael apologizes to True and, after calling her friends phonies, invites her to meet successful artists and writers. When True argues that her friends have not had the opportunities that Michael's friends have had, Michael proposes a deal: he will pay the expenses of her friends for six months, and if even one makes good or shows gratitude, he will buy True a drink; however, if they all fail, she will have an obligation to him. True agrees and writes a novel entitled I Believed in You . The others, however, squander their money. When they demand more, True explodes and calls them fakers. Still believing in Jim, she then overhears him tell another woman the same things he once told her. She walks disillusioned throughout the city and onto a bridge, but after hearing voices from the past, she gains new confidence and visits the publishers Lang and Long, who sign her to a contract. True then gives Michael her royalty check as her first repayment. When he proposes, she says that she must go on alone for now, and that maybe they will meet in the future. See less
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Apr 10, 1934 (United States)

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48 cast members
Name Known for
Rosemary Ames
True Merrill True Merrill   See fewer
John Boles
Michael Harrison Michael Harrison   See fewer
Victor Jory
Jim Crowl Jim Crowl   See fewer
Gertrude Michael
Pamela Banks Pamela Banks   See fewer
George Meeker
Saracen Jones Saracen Jones   See fewer
Leslie Fenton
Russell Storm Russell Storm   See fewer
Joyzelle Joyner
Vavara (as Joyzelle) Vavara (as Joyzelle)   See fewer
Jed Prouty
Joe Long i.e. Lang Joe Long i.e. Lang   See fewer
Morgan Wallace
Oliver Lang i.e. Long Oliver Lang i.e. Long   See fewer
Luis Alberni
Giacomo Giacomo   See fewer
Sam Ash
Singer (uncredited) Singer (uncredited)   See fewer
Louise Beavers
Prisoner (uncredited) Prisoner (uncredited)   See fewer
Russ Clark
State Trooper (uncredited) State Trooper (uncredited)   See fewer
George Davis
Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Joan Dix
Secretary (uncredited) Secretary (uncredited)   See fewer
Ralph Emerson
Sculptor (uncredited) Sculptor (uncredited)   See fewer
Gilbert Emery
Pamela's Friend (uncredited) Pamela's Friend (uncredited)   See fewer
Louise Emmons
Street Beggar (uncredited) Street Beggar (uncredited)   See fewer
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Ruth Gillette
Woman in Cafe (uncredited) Woman in Cafe (uncredited)   See fewer
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Musician (uncredited) Musician (uncredited)   See fewer
Kit Guard
Street Extra (uncredited) Street Extra (uncredited)   See fewer
Kay Hammond
Poetess (uncredited) Poetess (uncredited)   See fewer
Eddie Hart
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeanne Hart
Prisoner (uncredited) Prisoner (uncredited)   See fewer
Arthur Housman
Jerry Hartman, a Drunk (uncredited) Jerry Hartman, a Drunk (uncredited)   See fewer
Lenita Lane
Novelist (uncredited) Novelist (uncredited)   See fewer
Treva Lawler
Prisoner (uncredited) Prisoner (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom London
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Luden
Bunny Stevens (uncredited) Bunny Stevens (uncredited)   See fewer
Ruth Marion
Prisoner (uncredited) Prisoner (uncredited)   See fewer
Vivien Oakland
Russell's Sugar Mama (uncredited) Russell's Sugar Mama (uncredited)   See fewer
Steve Pendleton
Jay, . a Writer (uncredited) Jay, . a Writer (uncredited)   See fewer
Angelo Rossitto
Greenwich Village Waiter (uncredited) Greenwich Village Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Wini Shaw
Crowl's Girl Friend (uncredited) Crowl's Girl Friend (uncredited)   See fewer
Reginald Simpson
Auto Salesman (uncredited) Auto Salesman (uncredited)   See fewer
Tony Stabenau
Butler (uncredited) Butler (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Sullivan
Street Extra (uncredited) Street Extra (uncredited)   See fewer
Felice Tyler
Writer's Girl (uncredited) Writer's Girl (uncredited)   See fewer
Vadim Uraneff
Candy Vendor (uncredited) Candy Vendor (uncredited)   See fewer
Frederik Vogeding
Reno (uncredited) Reno (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Walker
Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Walker
Lacy (uncredited) Lacy (uncredited)   See fewer
Niles Welch
Painter (uncredited) Painter (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles C. Wilson
Magistrate (uncredited) Magistrate (uncredited)   See fewer
Freeman Wood
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Woods
State Trooper (uncredited) State Trooper (uncredited)   See fewer
Tammany Young
Man on the Street (uncredited) Man on the Street (uncredited)   See fewer
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