Marianne (1929)

MARIANNE  (1929)  ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Robert Z. Leonard
    Marion Davies, George Baxter, Lawrence Gray,
    Cliff Edwards, Benny Rubin, Scott Kolk
Marion Davies' first sound film, a musical with Davies cast s a French maid trying to fend off a bunch of obnoxious doughboys and grudgingly falling for one of them. The story's an awkward mixture of comedy and melodrama, and Marion wrestles a French accent to the ground and practically beats it to death. Sometimes you can even decipher what she's saying. The funniest scene has Davies in drag as a young French army officer, and her Maurice Chevalier impression is a highlight.