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'''''Pick-Up''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code]] crime film directed by [[Marion Gering]] and starring [[Sylvia Sidney]] and [[George Raft]]. |
'''''Pick-Up''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code]] crime film directed by [[Marion Gering]] and starring [[Sylvia Sidney]] and [[George Raft]]. |
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==Plot== |
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Mary Richards gets out of prison after two years. She went inside because of her husband Jim, who she married not knowing he was a criminal. When she gets out she ducks into a cab run by Harry Glynn to get out of the rain. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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[[File:Pick-Up 1933 poster.jpg|thumb|Poster for ''Pick-Up'', starring Sylvia Sidney]] |
[[File:Pick-Up 1933 poster.jpg|thumb|Poster for ''Pick-Up'', starring Sylvia Sidney]] |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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At one stage the film was going to star [[Carole Lombard]]<ref>Kingsley, G. (1932, May 27). WOMAN'S FREEDOM FILM THEME. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/162599286</ref> and [[Gary Cooper]]. Eventually Sylvia Sidney and George Raft were cast, Raft replacing Cooper, who had been held up making a movie at MGM.<ref>Author may make audible film of "birth of a nation" -- other items. (1933, Jan 22). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/100608523</ref> |
At one stage the film was going to star [[Carole Lombard]]<ref>Kingsley, G. (1932, May 27). WOMAN'S FREEDOM FILM THEME. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/162599286</ref> and [[Gary Cooper]]. Eventually Sylvia Sidney and George Raft were cast, Raft replacing Cooper, who had been held up making a movie at MGM.<ref>Author may make audible film of "birth of a nation" -- other items. (1933, Jan 22). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/100608523</ref> |
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[[Marion Gering]] was assigned to direct in November 1932.<ref>Young Player Finds Stage Fright Useful |
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Los Angeles Times 4 Nov 1932: A7</ref> |
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Filming took place in early 1933.<ref>Button, Button, Etc. |
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Los Angeles Times (19 Feb 1933: A3. </ref> |
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The posters' Pre-Code tagline was "''Pick-Up'' will make ''Bad Girl'' look like Sweet Sue from Keokuk!" |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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Revision as of 00:20, 2 February 2020
| Pick-Up | |
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.jpg?lang=en) Sylvia Sidney and George Raft | |
| Directed by | Marion Gering |
| Written by | Viña Delmar |
| Produced by | B. P. Schulberg |
| Starring | Sylvia Sidney George Raft |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Music by | W. Franke Harling |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pick-Up is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft.
Plot
Mary Richards gets out of prison after two years. She went inside because of her husband Jim, who she married not knowing he was a criminal. When she gets out she ducks into a cab run by Harry Glynn to get out of the rain.
Cast
- Sylvia Sidney as Mary Richards
- George Raft as Harry Glynn
- William Harrigan as Jim Richards
- Lilian Bond as Muriel Stevens (billed as Lillian Bond)
- Clarence Wilson as Sam Foster
- George Meeker as Artie Logan
- Louise Beavers as Magnolia
Production
At one stage the film was going to star Carole Lombard[1] and Gary Cooper. Eventually Sylvia Sidney and George Raft were cast, Raft replacing Cooper, who had been held up making a movie at MGM.[2]
Marion Gering was assigned to direct in November 1932.[3]
Filming took place in early 1933.[4]
The posters' Pre-Code tagline was "Pick-Up will make Bad Girl look like Sweet Sue from Keokuk!"
Reception
The film was a box office hit.[5]
References
- ^ Kingsley, G. (1932, May 27). WOMAN'S FREEDOM FILM THEME. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/162599286
- ^ Author may make audible film of "birth of a nation" -- other items. (1933, Jan 22). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/100608523
- ^ Young Player Finds Stage Fright Useful Los Angeles Times 4 Nov 1932: A7
- ^ Button, Button, Etc. Los Angeles Times (19 Feb 1933: A3.
- ^ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p. 37
External links
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Categories:
- 1933 films
- 1930s crime drama films
- American films
- English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Marion Gering
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films produced by B. P. Schulberg
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- Films based on works by Viña Delmar
- American crime drama films
- 1930s crime drama film stubs