The Affairs of Cellini
"Hanging is too good for Cellini...declared the Duchess, so she smothered him...in her arms!"
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"Hanging is too good for Cellini...declared the Duchess, so she smothered him...in her arms!"
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Constance Bennett
Duchess of Florence
Fredric March
Benvenuto Cellini
Frank Morgan
Alessandro, Duke of Florence
Fay Wray
Angela
Vince Barnett
Ascanio
Jessie Ralph
Beatrice
Louis Calhern
Ottaviano
Jay Eaton
Polverino
Paul Harvey
Emissary
Jack Rutherford
Captain of the Guards
Irene Ware
Daughter of the Royal House of Bocci
Lucille Ball
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)