The Lady Objects

{{short description|1938 film by Erle C. Kenton}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Lady Objects | image =File:The Lady Objects.jpg | caption = | director = [[Erle C. Kenton]] | screenplay = [[Gladys Lehman]]<br>[[Charles Kenyon]] | producer = [[William Perlberg]] | starring = [[Lanny Ross]]<br>[[Gloria Stuart]] <br> [[Joan Marsh]] | cinematography = [[Allen G. Siegler]] | editing = [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]] | studio = [[Columbia Pictures]] | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{film date|1938|10|12}} | runtime = 66 minutes | country = United States | music = [[Morris Stoloff]] | language = English | budget = }}

'''''The Lady Objects''''' is a 1938 American [[drama film]] written by [[Gladys Lehman]] and [[Charles Kenyon]] and directed by [[Erle C. Kenton]]. It was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Oscar for Best Song]] at the [[11th Academy Awards]] with the song ''A Mist Is Over the Moon'', with music by [[Ben Oakland]] and lyric by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]. Although the writing credits differ, this film bears a striking resemblance to Columbia's 1933 film, ''[[Ann Carver's Profession]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6540|title = Home}}</ref>

==Plot==

Bill Hayward's years as a college athlete and singer are behind him, and while he struggles financially, his attorney wife Ann is prospering, promoted to junior partner in her law firm.

While she's in Washington, D.C., on business, Bill accompanies friends June and George to a New York City nightclub where they have been hired to entertain. He is persuaded to get on stage and sing himself, but resists the temptation to get into a romantic situation with June, a former girlfriend from their school days.

June gets inebriated and a mishap results in her accidental death. Bill, however, is charged with her murder. Ann offers to defend him in court, but Bill can't bear that thought. When the case goes badly against him, however, Ann volunteers information that results in Bill's acquittal and their reconciliation.

==Cast== * [[Lanny Ross]] as William Hayward * [[Gloria Stuart]] as Ann Adams Hayward * [[Joan Marsh]] as June Lane * [[Roy Benson]] as George Martin * [[Pierre Watkin]] as Mr. Harper * [[Robert Paige]] as Ken Harper * [[Arthur Loft]] as Charles Clarke * [[Stanley Andrews]] as Baker * Jane Buckingham as Mrs. Harper (Jan Buckingham) * [[Bess Flowers]] as Miriam Harper * [[Ann Doran]] as Miss Hollins * Vesey O'Davoren as Langham

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0030340}} * {{TCMDb title|id=80679}} * {{AFI film|id=6540|title=The Lady Objects}} * "The Mist Is Over The Moon," recording by Tony Martin, 1938, at Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/78_a-mist-is-over-the-moon_tony-martin-jerry-joyce-and-his-orchestra-hammerstein-ii-oa_gbia0008393a]

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