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==Production==
==Production==
The film was based on a short story by Vina Delmar which was voted one of the best short stories of 1928-29.<ref>PICK-UP: No. 1. THE WORLD'S BEST SHORT STORIES; 1929.
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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>
By VINA DELMAR. The Washington Post 14 Apr 1929: SM2.</ref>

Film rights were bought by Paramount who announced in May 1932 the film would star [[Carole Lombard]] and [[George Raft]].<ref>Studio Newsreel
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Los Angeles Times 8 May 1932: B13. l</ref> Then Raft was replaced by Gary Cooper. Eventually in October 1932 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</ref> <ref>HOLLYWOOD IN REVIEW: New York Times 30 Oct 1932: X5. </ref>

In September Courtney Terret was working on the script.<ref>EUROPE LURES SCREEN STARS: Los Angeles Times 14 Sep 1932: 11.</ref>


[[Marion Gering]] was assigned to direct in November 1932.<ref>Young Player Finds Stage Fright Useful
[[Marion Gering]] was assigned to direct in November 1932.<ref>Young Player Finds Stage Fright Useful
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The posters' Pre-Code tagline was "''Pick-Up'' will make ''Bad Girl'' look like Sweet Sue from Keokuk!"
The posters' Pre-Code tagline was "''Pick-Up'' will make ''Bad Girl'' look like Sweet Sue from Keokuk!"
==Reception==
The ''New York Times'' called it "a good example of a mediocre story which derives a measure of effectivness from the engaging personalities of its stars."<ref>The Girl and the Cabby.
A.D.S. New York Times 25 Mar 1933: 13. </ref>
<ref>The Girl and the Cabby.
A.D.S. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]25 Mar 1933: 13. </ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==

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Pick-Up
Sylvia Sidney and George Raft
Directed byMarion Gering
Written byViña Delmar
Produced byB. P. Schulberg
StarringSylvia Sidney
George Raft
CinematographyDavid Abel
Music byW. Franke Harling
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

Poster for Pick-Up, starring Sylvia Sidney

Production

The film was based on a short story by Vina Delmar which was voted one of the best short stories of 1928-29.[1]

Film rights were bought by Paramount who announced in May 1932 the film would star Carole Lombard and George Raft.[2] Then Raft was replaced by Gary Cooper. Eventually in October 1932 Sylvia Sidney and George Raft were cast, Raft replacing Cooper, who had been held up making a movie at MGM.[3] [4]

In September Courtney Terret was working on the script.[5]

Marion Gering was assigned to direct in November 1932.[6]

Filming took place in early 1933.[7]

The posters' Pre-Code tagline was "Pick-Up will make Bad Girl look like Sweet Sue from Keokuk!"

Reception

The New York Times called it "a good example of a mediocre story which derives a measure of effectivness from the engaging personalities of its stars."[8] [9]

Reception

The film was a box office hit.[10]

References

  1. ^ PICK-UP: No. 1. THE WORLD'S BEST SHORT STORIES; 1929. By VINA DELMAR. The Washington Post 14 Apr 1929: SM2.
  2. ^ Studio Newsreel Los Angeles Times 8 May 1932: B13. l
  3. ^ Author may make audible film of "birth of a nation" -- other items. (1933, Jan 22). New York Times
  4. ^ HOLLYWOOD IN REVIEW: New York Times 30 Oct 1932: X5.
  5. ^ EUROPE LURES SCREEN STARS: Los Angeles Times 14 Sep 1932: 11.
  6. ^ Young Player Finds Stage Fright Useful Los Angeles Times 4 Nov 1932: A7
  7. ^ Button, Button, Etc. Los Angeles Times (19 Feb 1933: A3.
  8. ^ The Girl and the Cabby. A.D.S. New York Times 25 Mar 1933: 13.
  9. ^ The Girl and the Cabby. A.D.S. New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]25 Mar 1933: 13.
  10. ^ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p. 37


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