feaito Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 I know that there's an american (or english?) movie from the 1930's, most probably released between 1935 and 1938, who tells the story of Genevieve of Brabant (sort of a noblewoman or queen who was unjustly expelled from her country/castle, and had to live in a cave or in the woods...)....I'm not sure, but it seems it was released by Monogram...I remember that one of the movie posters (which I saw once on an old movie mag), featured a long-haired (Lady Godiva like) blonde actress, riding on a horse, sidewards.....I've never been able to find any information about it....Please help me! Do you know which is the movie's title and who starred?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 additional data: I think she was expelled from the castle by her husband, unjustly, because of a supposed infidelity...and she's pregnant, and has her baby in the woods or in the cave....she's helped by animals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcarson123 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 LOVES OF THREE QUEENS (1953) with Hedy Lamarr does tell the story of Genevieve of Brabant (and two other stories), but I don't know what film you are looking for from the 1930s. It would be much easier to find if you could remember who was in it. Maybe you could find a book on the complete films of Monogram Pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 Thanks Catcarson....I've tried everything...this poster from the movie, I saw somewhere in time, had no names on it, no cast...nothing!...I've checked at all the databases of the world, etc...I've tried checking Monogram movies, one by one, etc...maybe this movie was made by another poverty row studio...I don't know. Iknew about Love of three queens...I also konow that there's an italian film from 1947 (Geneveffa di Brabante) and a spanish movie from 1965 (Genoveva de Brabante)...maybe this american 1930's film, used other names for the character!! I'll keep searching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlgal38 Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 I found this by typing in the title on Webcrawler...It may give you some more key words to search? (PS - your recall of the storyline is great. Sorry I couldn't find the movie) GENEVIEVE, GENOVEVA or GENOVEFA, OF BRABANT, heroine of medieval legend. Her story is a typical example of the widespread tale of the chaste wife falsely accused and repudiated, generally on the word of a rejected suitor. Genovefa of Brabant was said to be the wife of the palatine Siegfried of Treves, and was falsely accused by the majordomo Gob. Sentenced to death she was spared by the executioner, and lived for six years with her son in a cave in the Ardennes nourished by a roe. Siegfried, who had meanwhile found out Gob?s treachery, was chasing the roe when he discovere,d her hiding-place, and reinstated her in her former honour. Her story is said to rest on the history of Marie of Brabant, wife of Louis II., duke of Bavaria, and count-palatine of the Rhine, who was tried by her husband and beheaded on the 18th of January 1256, for supposed infidelity, a crime for which Louis afterwards had to do penance. The change in name may have been due to the cult of St Genevieve, patroness of Paris. The tale first obtained wide popularity in L?Innocence reconnue, ou vie de Sainle Genevieve de Brabant (pr. 1638) by the Jesuit Ren? de C?risier (1603?1662), and was a frequent subject for dramatic representation in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 Thanks for all the help Stlgal...I knew all about it 'cos I had searhed information everywhere...at google, yahoo, altavista, etc... It seems this movie, must be a lost one....I've never heard of it again....but I'll keep trying.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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