What is The Sin of Madelon Claudet?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = The Sin of Madelon Claudet | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Videotape cover | director = [[Edgar Selwyn]] | producer = [[Irving Thalberg]] | writer = Charles MacArthur<br>Ben Hecht (uncredited) | narrator = | starring = [[Helen Hayes]]<br>Lewis Stone<br>[[Jean Hersholt]]<br>Robert Young | music = | cinematography = Oliver T. Marsh | editing = Tom Held | studio = | distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | released = {{Film date|1931|10|24}} | runtime = 75 minutes | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Sin of Madelon Claudet''''' is a 1931 American drama movie. The [[screenplay]] was [[adapt]]ed from the [[Play (theatre)|play]] ''The Lullaby'' by Edward Knoblock. It tells the story of a woman who was put in jail for the crime she did not commit and later had to turn to [[theft]] and [[prostitution]] to support her son. In 1932 [[Helen Hayes]] won an [[Academy Award]] for her leading role in it and was named a Favorite Actress at the first [[Venice Film Festival]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sin of Madelon Claudet}} [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:Academy Award winning movies]] [[Category:Screenplays by Ben Hecht]] [[Category:Movies based on plays]] {{movie-stub}}