Accused (1936)
Director:
Thornton FreelandWriters:
Zoe Akins (screenplay), Zoe Akins (story)Stars:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dolores del Rio, Florence DesmondAccused is a British melodrama starring American actor (and confirmed Anglophile) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Somewhat incongruously cast as an Apache dancer, Fairbanks and his dance partner/wife Dolores Del Rioheadline a Paris musical. Fairbanks becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Florence Desmond (the famed British impressionist, here playing a hateful adventuress). Desmond is later murdered with the dagger used by Fairbanks and his wife in their act, and Dolores is accused of the crime. A florid court trial unmasks the real killer. Zoe Akins, a prominent playwright of the 1920s whose once-celebrated works seem somewhat childish today, was one of the scenarists of Accused.
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027252/?ref_=fn_al_tt_7
