All of Me (1934 film): Difference between revisions
Importing Wikidata short description: "1934 drama film by James Flood" (Shortdesc helper) |
add quote |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
| director = [[James Flood]] |
| director = [[James Flood]] |
||
| producer = Louis D. Lighton |
| producer = Louis D. Lighton |
||
| writer = [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]]<br>[[Sidney Buchman]] |
| writer = [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]]<br>[[Sidney Buchman]] |
||
|based on = play "Chrysalis" by [[Rose Porter]] |
|||
| starring = [[Fredric March]]<br>[[Miriam Hopkins]]<br>[[George Raft]] |
| starring = [[Fredric March]]<br>[[Miriam Hopkins]]<br>[[George Raft]] |
||
| music = Karl Hajos |
| music = Karl Hajos |
||
| Line 39: | Line 40: | ||
==Production== |
==Production== |
||
The film was based on a play by Rose Porter called ''Chrysalis''. It debuted in summer theatre in 1932.<ref>SUMMER THEATRES TO GIVE NEW PLAYS: "Chrysalis," by Rose Porter, to Open Tonight at the Country Playhouse in Westport.New York Times 18 July 1932: 9.</ref> |
|||
The film was originally going to star Carole Lombard.<ref>EN ROUTE TO THE SCREEN. (1933, Jul 30). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/100904606</ref> |
|||
In April 1933 Paramount announced the cast would include Raft, March and Hopkins.<ref>News and Reviews of the Stage, Screen and Music |
|||
Los Angeles Times 28 Apr 1933: 13. </ref> The following month Sylvia Sidney joined the cast and the movie was going to be called ''Desire''.<ref>PROJECTION JOTTINGS |
|||
New York Times ]21 May 1933: X3. </ref> |
|||
Raft was fighting with Paramount and for a while it seemed he may leave the studio but in June they confirmed he would make the film after ''The Bowery''.<ref>Philip Merivale Finally Starts Talkie Career Los Angeles Times (24 June 1933: A7. </ref> |
|||
Carole Lombard replaced Sidney.<ref>EN ROUTE TO THE SCREEN. (1933, Jul 30). New York Times</ref> Then she dropped out and was replaced by Helen Mack. |
|||
Filming took place in October and November 1933 under the title ''Chrysalis''.<ref>COMING PICTURES |
Filming took place in October and November 1933 under the title ''Chrysalis''.<ref>COMING PICTURES |
||
| Line 47: | Line 56: | ||
Reviews were poor and the film was a box office flop.<ref name="raft">Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 45</ref> |
Reviews were poor and the film was a box office flop.<ref name="raft">Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 45</ref> |
||
The ''Los Angeles Times'' said it had "an almost hopeless plot."<ref>INTRICATE PLOT MARKS PICTURE: "All of Me" Takes Players Through Wordy Maze |
|||
Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 20 Jan 1934: 7.</ref> |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
Revision as of 07:20, 24 January 2020
| All of Me | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | James Flood |
| Written by | Thomas Mitchell Sidney Buchman |
| Produced by | Louis D. Lighton |
| Starring | Fredric March Miriam Hopkins George Raft |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Edited by | Otho Lovering |
| Music by | Karl Hajos |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
All of Me is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Flood and starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and George Raft. The film was written by actor Thomas Mitchell and Sidney Buchman from Rose Porter's play Chrysalis.
Premise
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.[1]
Cast
- Fredric March as Don Ellis
- Miriam Hopkins as Lydia Darrow
- George Raft as Honey Rogers
- Helen Mack as Eve Haron
- Nella Walker as Mrs. Darrow
- William Collier, Sr. as Jerry Helman
- Gilbert Emery as Dean
- Blanche Friderici as Miss Haskell
- Edgar Kennedy as Guard
- Jason Robards, Sr. as Man in Speakeasy
- Barton MacLane as First Cop
- Kitty Kelly as Lorraine
Production
The film was based on a play by Rose Porter called Chrysalis. It debuted in summer theatre in 1932.[2]
In April 1933 Paramount announced the cast would include Raft, March and Hopkins.[3] The following month Sylvia Sidney joined the cast and the movie was going to be called Desire.[4]
Raft was fighting with Paramount and for a while it seemed he may leave the studio but in June they confirmed he would make the film after The Bowery.[5]
Carole Lombard replaced Sidney.[6] Then she dropped out and was replaced by Helen Mack.
Filming took place in October and November 1933 under the title Chrysalis.[7]
Reception
Reviews were poor and the film was a box office flop.[8]
The Los Angeles Times said it had "an almost hopeless plot."[9]
References
- ^ "All of Me (1934)". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 22 Oct 2018.
- ^ SUMMER THEATRES TO GIVE NEW PLAYS: "Chrysalis," by Rose Porter, to Open Tonight at the Country Playhouse in Westport.New York Times 18 July 1932: 9.
- ^ News and Reviews of the Stage, Screen and Music Los Angeles Times 28 Apr 1933: 13.
- ^ PROJECTION JOTTINGS New York Times ]21 May 1933: X3.
- ^ Philip Merivale Finally Starts Talkie Career Los Angeles Times (24 June 1933: A7.
- ^ EN ROUTE TO THE SCREEN. (1933, Jul 30). New York Times
- ^ COMING PICTURES New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]22 Oct 1933: X3
- ^ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 45
- ^ INTRICATE PLOT MARKS PICTURE: "All of Me" Takes Players Through Wordy Maze Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 20 Jan 1934: 7.
External links
 | This 1930s drama film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |