| Merely Mary Ann | |
| Director: | Henry King |
| Based On: | Merely Mary Ann (1903) by Israel Zangwill |
| Starring: | Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Beryl Mercer |
| Music: | Richard Fall |
| Cinematography: | Arthur E. Arling John F. Seitz |
| Editing: | Frank E. Hull |
| Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 74 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $1.3 million[1] |
Merely Mary Ann a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's . The film, involving an orphan (Gaynor) and a flat-broke composer (Farrell), was written by Jules Furthman based upon Israel Zangwill's play of the same name and directed by Henry King.
Orphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale.