---
title: 'Inspiration (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clarence Brown'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 74
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/inspiration-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022001/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Inspiration (1931)

1931 · 74 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Inspiration is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic melodrama film adapted by Gene Markey from the Alphonse Daudet novel Sappho (1884). The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone and Marjorie Rambeau. It was directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Irving Thalberg. The cinematography was performed by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons and the costume design by Adrian.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clarence Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-brown)
- **Producer:** [Clarence Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-brown), [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Gene Markey](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-markey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels)
- **Editor:** [Conrad A. Nervig](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-a-nervig)

## Cast

- [Oscar Apfel](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-apfel)
- [Richard Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-tucker)
- [Greta Garbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/greta-garbo)
- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Theodore von Eltz](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-von-eltz)
- [Marjorie Rambeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-rambeau)
- [John Miljan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-miljan)
- [Beryl Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/beryl-mercer)
- [Karen Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-morley)
- [Lewis Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-stone)
- [Joan Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-marsh)
- [Arthur Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hoyt)
- [Robert Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-montgomery)
- [Paul McAllister](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mcallister)
- [Edwin Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-maxwell)

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