Cradle Song is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen in his directorial debut, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Dorothea Wieck and Evelyn Venable.
It is one of several films based on the 1911 Spanish play Canción de cuna by María and Gregorio Martínez Sierra. The play was translated into English in the 1920s by John Garrett Underhill.
Cradle Song was Dorothea Wieck's first American film.
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Cast
Dorothea Wieck as Joanna
Evelyn Venable as Teresa
Guy Standing as Doctor
Louise Dresser as Prioress
Kent Taylor as Antonio
Gertrude Michael as Marcella
Georgia Caine as Vicaress
Dickie Moore as Alberto
Nydia Westman as Sagrario
Marion Ballou as Ines
Eleanor Wesselhoeft as Mistress of Novices
Gail Patrick as Maria Lucia
Howard Lang as Mayor
Diane Sinclair as Christina
Gertrude Norman as Tornero No. 1
Dorothy Vernon as Nun
Reception
The film was a box office disappointment for Paramount.