Which actress stars in a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin, was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn, December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.
 Dunne was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in "Cimarron" (1931), "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936), "The Awful Truth" (1937), "Love Affair" (1939) and "I Remember Mama" (1948).
 In 1985, Dunne was given Kennedy Center Honors for her services to the arts.
The Secret of Madame Blanche
The Secret of Madame Blanche is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
 The film stars Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes, Una Merkel and Douglas Walton.
 The film was released on February 3, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The Ship from Shanghai
The Ship from Shanghai is a 1930 American Pre-Code action film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Howard Lawson.
 The film stars Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert and Zeffie Tilbury.
 The film was released on January 31, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Call of the Flesh
Call of the Flesh is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Charles Brabin.
 The film stars Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, and Renée Adorée.
 It featured several songs performed by Novarro and originally included a sequence photographed in Technicolor. Laughter in Hell
Laughter in Hell is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Pat O'Brien.
 The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code films.
 The film was inspired in part by "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" and was part of a series of films depicting men in chain gangs following the success of that film.
 O'Brien plays a railroad engineer who kills his wife and her lover in a jealous rage and is sent to prison.
 The movie received a mixed review in "The New York Times" upon its release.
 Although long considered lost, the film was recently preserved and was screened at the American Cinematheque in Hollywood, CA in October 2012. Song of the Eagle
Song of the Eagle is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by C. Graham Baker, Willard Mack, Casey Robinson and Gene Towne.
 The film stars Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Jean Hersholt, Louise Dresser, Andy Devine and George E. Stone.
 It was released on April 28, 1933, by Paramount Pictures. The Divorcee
The Divorcee is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film written by Nick Grindé, John Meehan, and Zelda Sears, based on the novel "Ex-Wife" by Ursula Parrott.
 It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
 The film was also nominated for Best Picture and won Best Actress for its star Norma Shearer. Big Executive
Big Executive is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Alice Duer Miller and Laurence Stallings.
 The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Richard Bennett, Sharon Lynn, Dorothy Peterson, Barton MacLane and Charles Middleton.
 The film was released on August 8, 1933, by Paramount Pictures. Norma Shearer
Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress and Hollywood star from 1925 through 1942.
 Her early films cast her as a spunky ingenue, but in the pre-Code film era, she played sexually liberated women.
 She excelled in drama, comedy, and period roles.
 She gave well-received performances in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare.
 She was the first person to be nominated five times for an Academy Award for acting, winning Best Actress for her performance in the 1930 film "The Divorcee". Stage Mother (film)
Stage Mother is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Alice Brady and Maureen O'Sullivan.
 The film is about a frustrated vaudeville performer who pushes her daughter into becoming a star dancer; selfishness, deceit and blackmail drive mother and daughter apart until a reconciliation at the end of the film.
 The film's screenplay was written by John Meehan, based on the 1933 novel "Stage Mother" by Bradford Ropes.