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| director = [[Arthur Lubin]]
| director = [[Arthur Lubin]]
| producer = Ben Verschleiser
| producer = Ben Verschleiser<br>'''executive'''<br>[[Trem Carr]]
| writer = Norman Houston<br>Jefferson Parker
| writer = Norman Houston<br>Jefferson Parker
|based on = story by Albert J. Meserow<br>Alynore Darlkhart
|based on = story by Albert J. Meserow<br>Alynore Darlkhart
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| cinematography = [[Milton R. Krasner]]
| cinematography = [[Milton R. Krasner]]
| editing =
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|studio=Monogram Pictures
| distributor = [[Monogram Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Monogram Pictures]]
| released = 15 April 1935<ref>SCREEN NOTES.
| released = 15 April 1935<ref>SCREEN NOTES.
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'''''Great God Gold''''' is a 1935 film.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76877/Great-God-Gold/ ''Great God Gold''] at [[TCMDB]]</ref> It was Arthur Lubin's second film as director.<ref>y, E. S. (1934, Dec 14). Straight from the studios. The Washington Post (1923-1954) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/150498104</ref>
'''''Great God Gold''''' is a 1935 film. It was Arthur Lubin's second film as director.<ref>y, E. S. (1934, Dec 14). Straight from the studios. The Washington Post (1923-1954) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/150498104</ref>
==Plot==
In the late 1920's, "Lucky" John Hart has a reputation as a stock market speculator. He does an interview with reported Phil "Stu" Stuart, which predicts the Wall Street Crash. Hart sells his investments just before the Crash.

Later lawyers Simon and Nitto suggest Hart use his reputation to make money in receiverships. Hart agrees in part because he desires Elena, the wife of Nitto's nephew Frank. Elena and Hart begin an affair.

Harper takes over receivership of the Excelsior Hotel whose president George Harper commits suicide. Harper's daughter Marcia seeks revenge. She falls in love with Stu.

Frank discovers his wife's infidelity and shoots Frank.
==Cast==
*[[Sidney Blackmer]] as "Lucky" John Hart
*[[Martha Sleeper]] as Marcia Harper
*[[Regis Toomey]] as Phil "Stu" Stuart
*[[Edwin Maxwell (actor)|Edwin Maxwell]] as Nitto
*[[Ralf Harolde]] as Frank Nitto
*[[Maria Alba]] as Elena Nitto
*[[John T. Murray]] as Simon
*Gloria Shea as Gert
==Production==
==Production==
Filming began December 1934.
Filming began December 1934.
==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''New York Times'' called it "a half hearted attack on the receivership racket... it's feeble as a crusade and sluggish as melodrama."<ref>At the Criterion.
F.S.N. New York Times 6 May 1935: 22. </ref>

Writing for ''[[The Spectator]]'', [[Graham Greene]] described the film as "an excellent American melodrama", commenting that despite the lack of big-name stars the acting displayed a "delightful vividness" and "even the hats have been carefully chosen: the crookeder the deal, the more flowing the [[brim (hat)|brim]]".<ref>{{cite journal |last= Greene|first= Graham|authorlink= Graham Greene|date= 23 August 1935|title= Where's George?/The Great God Gold/Boys Will Be Boys/The Murder Man|url= |journal= [[The Spectator]]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book |editor-last= John Russel|editor-first= Taylor |editor-link= John Russell Taylor|date= 1980|title= The Pleasure Dome|url= |location= |publisher= |page= 16|isbn=0192812866}})</ref>
Writing for ''[[The Spectator]]'', [[Graham Greene]] described the film as "an excellent American melodrama", commenting that despite the lack of big-name stars the acting displayed a "delightful vividness" and "even the hats have been carefully chosen: the crookeder the deal, the more flowing the [[brim (hat)|brim]]".<ref>{{cite journal |last= Greene|first= Graham|authorlink= Graham Greene|date= 23 August 1935|title= Where's George?/The Great God Gold/Boys Will Be Boys/The Murder Man|url= |journal= [[The Spectator]]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book |editor-last= John Russel|editor-first= Taylor |editor-link= John Russell Taylor|date= 1980|title= The Pleasure Dome|url= |location= |publisher= |page= 16|isbn=0192812866}})</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026436/ ''Great God Gold''] at [[IMDB]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026436/ ''Great God Gold''] at [[IMDB]]
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76877/Great-God-Gold/ ''Great God Gold''] at [[TCMDB]]
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/great-god-gold/ Great God Gold] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/great-god-gold/ Great God Gold] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b721654a7 Great God Gold] at BFI
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b721654a7 Great God Gold] at BFI
*[https://archive.org/details/variety118-1935-05/page/n100 Review of film] at Variety
*[https://free-classic-movies.com/movies-03g/03g-1935-04-15-Great-God-Gold/index.php Complete film] at Classic Movies
*[https://free-classic-movies.com/movies-03g/03g-1935-04-15-Great-God-Gold/index.php Complete film] at Classic Movies
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Revision as of 01:32, 6 August 2019

Great Gold Gold
Directed byArthur Lubin
Written byNorman Houston
Jefferson Parker
Produced byBen Verschleiser
executive
Trem Carr
StarringSidney Blackmer
Martha Sleeper
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Production
company
Monogram Pictures
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
15 April 1935[1]
Running time
71 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Great God Gold is a 1935 film. It was Arthur Lubin's second film as director.[2]

Plot

In the late 1920's, "Lucky" John Hart has a reputation as a stock market speculator. He does an interview with reported Phil "Stu" Stuart, which predicts the Wall Street Crash. Hart sells his investments just before the Crash.

Later lawyers Simon and Nitto suggest Hart use his reputation to make money in receiverships. Hart agrees in part because he desires Elena, the wife of Nitto's nephew Frank. Elena and Hart begin an affair.

Harper takes over receivership of the Excelsior Hotel whose president George Harper commits suicide. Harper's daughter Marcia seeks revenge. She falls in love with Stu.

Frank discovers his wife's infidelity and shoots Frank.

Cast

Production

Filming began December 1934.

Reception

The New York Times called it "a half hearted attack on the receivership racket... it's feeble as a crusade and sluggish as melodrama."[3]

Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene described the film as "an excellent American melodrama", commenting that despite the lack of big-name stars the acting displayed a "delightful vividness" and "even the hats have been carefully chosen: the crookeder the deal, the more flowing the brim".[4]

References

  1. ^ SCREEN NOTES. New York Times 3 May 1935: 23.
  2. ^ y, E. S. (1934, Dec 14). Straight from the studios. The Washington Post (1923-1954) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/150498104
  3. ^ At the Criterion. F.S.N. New York Times 6 May 1935: 22.
  4. ^ Greene, Graham (23 August 1935). "Where's George?/The Great God Gold/Boys Will Be Boys/The Murder Man". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 16. ISBN 0192812866.)


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