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Photoplay Magazine for August, 1931
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"ALEXANDER HAMILTON" — Warners. — From the play by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin. Adapted by Julian Josephson and Maude Howell. Directed by John Adolfi. The cast: Alexander Hamilton, George Arliss; Mrs. Betsy Hamilton, Doris Kenyon; Senator Roberts, Dudley Digges; George Washington, Alan Mowbray; Mrs. Reynolds, June Collyer; Mr. Reynolds, Rail Harolde; Chief Justice John Jay, Charles Middleton; Thomas Jefferson, Montagu Love; Gen. Philip Schuyler, Lionel Belmore; James Monroe, Morgan Wallace; Count Talleyrand, John T. Murray; Martha Washington, Gwendolin Logan.
"AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY"— Paramount.— From the story by Theodore Dreiser. Directed by Josef Von Sternberg. The cast: Clyde Griffiths, Phillips Holmes; Roberta Alden, Sylvia Sidney; Sondra Finchley, Frances Dee; Orville Mason, Irving Pichel; Samuel Griffiths, Frederick Burton; Mrs. Samuel Griffiths, Claire McDowell; Gilbert Griffiths, Wallace Middleton; Myra Griffiths, Vivian Winston; Belknap, Emmett Corrigan; Mrs. Asa Griffiths, Bodil Rosing; Jephson, Charles B. Middleton; Titus Alden, Albert Hart; Mrs. Alden, Fanny Midgley; Bella Griffiths, Arlene Judge; Bertine Cranston, Evelvn Pierce; Judge, Arnold Korff ; Jill Trumbull'. Elizabeth Forrester; Coroner Fred Heil, Russell Powell; Earl Newcomb, Imboden Parrish; Dep. Sheriff Kraut, Richard Cramer.
"COMMON LAW. THE "— RKO-Pathe.— From the story by Robert W. Chambers. Adapted by John Farrow. Directed by Paul L. Stein. The cast: Valerie, Constance Bennett; Neville, Joel McCrea; Cardemon, Lew Cody; 5am, Robert Williams; Mrs. Clare Collis, Hedda Hopper; Stephanie, Marion Shilling; Querido, Paul Ellis; John Neville, Sr., Walter Walker.
"CONFESSIONS OF A CO-ED "—Paramount — From the story by an anonymous author. Directed by David Burton and Dudley Murphy. The cast: Dan, Phillips Holmes; Patricia, Sylvia Sidney; Hal, Norman Foster; Peggy, Claudia Dell; Adelaide, Florence Britton; Lucille, Martha Sleeper; Mildred, Dorothy Libaire; Sally, Marguerite Warner; President, George Irving; Dean Winslow, Winter Hall; Dean Marbridge, Eulalie Jensen; Mark, Bruce Colman.
"DER GROSSE TENOR" (The Great Tenor)— UFA. — From the scenario by Hans Mueller and Robert Liebmann. Directed by Hanns Schwarz. The cast: Albert Winklemann, Emil Jannings; Agalhe, Renate Mueller; Olga von Dagomirska, Olga Tschechowa; Kratochivil, Winklemann's valet, Hans Moser; Agathe's Uncle, Max Guelstorff ; Dr. Marberg, Eduard von Winterstein; Naurus Colwyn, Willy Prager; Romanones, Siegfried Berisch; Boris Jussupoff, Wladimir Sokoloff; Filipo Cardagno, Evaristo Signorini; Popper, Oskar Sima.
"EX-BAD BOY" — Universal. — From the play "The Whole Town's Talking" by John Emerson and Anita Loos. Adapted by Dale Van Every. Directed by Vin Moore. The cast: Chester, Robert Armstrong; Ethel, Jean Arthur; Swift, George Brent; Mr. Simmons, Spencer Charters; Mrs. Simmons, Grayce Hampton; Lelty, Lola Lane; Shields, Jason Robards.
" EXPENSIVE WOM EN " — Warners. — From the story by Wilson Collison. Adapted by Harvey Thew and Raymond Griffith. Directed by Hobart Henley. The cast: Constance Newton, Dolores Costello; Neil Hartley, Warren William; Arthur Raymond, Anthony Bushel!; Bobby Brandon, Joe Donahue; Melville Raymond, H. B. Warner; Brandon's Pal, Allan Lane; Raymond's Pal, Morgan Wallace; Irene, Mae Madison; Molly Lane, Polly Walters; Martha, Adele Watson; George Allison, William House.
"FIVE AND TEN"— M-G-M.— From the story by Fannie Hurst. Adapted by A. P. Younger. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The cast: Jennifer, Marion Davies; Berry, Leslie Howard; Jenny Rarick, Irene Rich; John Rarick, Richard Bennett; Avery, Kent Douglass; Muriel, Mary Duncan; Leslie, Lee Beranger; Piggy, Arthur Housman; Brooks, George Irving; Hopkins, Halliwell Hobbes; Dennison, Charles Giblyn; Taxi Driver, Henry Armetta; Midge, Ruth Selwyn.
"FORBIDDEN ADVENTURE"— Paramount. —From the story "Let's Play King" by Sinclair Lewis. Adapted by Edward Paramore, Jr. Continuity by Norman McLeod and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Directed by Norman Taurog. The cast: Daisy Tail, Mitzi Green; Bessie Tail, Edna May Oliver; Maggie Tiffany, Louise Fazenda; Tiny Tim Tiffany, Jackie Searl; King Max, Bruce Line; Queen Stdonia, Virginia Hammond; A Studio Director, Dell Henderson; A Supervisor, Ben Taggart; Assistant Director, Ben Hall; Casting Director, Jack Baston.
"GIRL HABIT, THE" — Paramount. — From the play by A. E. Thomas and Clayton Hamilton. Adapted by Owen Davis and Gertrude Purcell.
Directed by Edward Cline. The cast: Charles Cadwallader Floyd, Charlie Ruggles; Jonesy, his valet, Donald Meek; Lucy Ledyard, Sue Conroy; Mrs. Ledyard, Margaret Dumont; Tony Moloney, Allen Jenkins; Sonya, his wife, Tamara Geva; Huntley Palmer, Douglas Gilmore; Warden, Jerome Daley; Warden's wife, Betty Garde.
"GOLDIE" — Fox. — From the story by Gene Towne and Paul Perez. Adapted by Gene Towne and Paul Perez. Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. The cast: Bill, Spencer Tracy; Spike, Warren Hymer; Goldie, Jean Harlow; Constantino, Lina Basquette; Dolores, Maria Alba; Russian Girl, Eleanor Hunt; Wife, Leha Karnelly; Husband, Ivan LinowjGonzafes, Jesse De Vorska; Barker. Eddie Kane.
"HOLY TERROR, A" — Fox.— From the novel "Trailin' " by Max Brand. Continuity by Ralph Block. Directed by Irving Cummings. The cast: Tony Bard, George O'Brien; Jerry Foster, Sally Eilers; Kilty Carroll, Rita La Roy; Steve Nash, Humphrey Bogart; William Drew, James Kirkwood; Butch Morgan, Stanley Fields; Thomas Woodbury, Robert Warwick; Tom Hedges, Richard Tucker; Jim Lawlor, Earl Pingree.
"HUSH MONEY"— Fox.— From the scenario by Philip Klein and Courtenay Terrett. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. The cast: Janet, Joan Bennett; Stuart Elliott, Hardie Albright; Steve, Owen Moore; Flo Curtis, Myrna Loy; Curtis, C. Henry Gordon; Dan Emmett, Douglas Cosgrove; Maxie, George Raft; Puggie, Hugh White; Flannigan, George Byron; Silvio, Andre Cheron; Bootlegger, Henry Armetta; Mr. Stockton, George Irving; Mrs. Stockton, Nella Walker; Miss Stockton, Joan Castle.
"I TAKE THIS WOMAN "—Paramount.— From the novel "Lost Ecstasy" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Adapted by Vincent Lawrence. Directed by Slavko Vorkapich and Marion Gering. The cast: Tom McNair, Gary Cooper; Kay Dowling, Carole Lombard; Aunt Bessie, Helen Ware; Herbert Forrest, Lester Vail; Mr. Doivling, Charles Trowbridge; Sue Barnes, Clara Blandick; Clare Hammell, Mildred Van Dorn; Mallory, Albert Hart.
"LAUGHING SINNERS"— M-G-M.— From the play "The Torch Song" by Kenyon Nicholson. Continuity by Bess Meredyth. Directed by Harry Beaumont. The cast: Ivy, Joan Crawford; Howard, Neil Hamilton; Carl, Clark Gable; Ruby, Marjcrie Rambeau; Cass Wheeler, Guy Kibbee; Mike, Cliff Edwards; Fred Geer, Roscoe Karns; Edna, Gertrude Short; Joe, George Cooper; Humpty, George F. Marion; Tink, Bert Woodruff.
" LAWLESS WOM AN, THE "—Chesterfield — Directed by Richard Thorpe. The cast: June Page, Vera Reynolds; Allan Perry, Carroll Nye; Poker Wilson, Wheeler Oakman; faddy Riordan, Thomas Jackson; Bill, James Curtis; Kitty Adams, Gwen Lee; Stan Taylor, Phillips Smalley.
"LE MILLION" — Tobis Production.— From the play by G. Berr and M. Guillemaud. Scenario and direction by Rene Clair. The cast: Beatrice, Annabella; Michel, Rene Lefebure; Prosper, Louis Allibert; Crochard, Paul Ollivier; Vanda, Vanda Greville; Sopranelli, Constantin Stroesco; The Singer, Odette Talazac
"LOVER COME BACK" — Columbia.— From the story by Helen Topping. Adapted by Robert Shannon. Directed by Erie C. Kenton. The cast: Connie, Constance Cummings; Tom Evans, Jack Mulhall; Vivian, Betty Bronson; Yates, Jameson Thomas; Schullzy, Fredrick Santley; Henry, Jack Mack; Mrs. March, Katherine Givney; Loretta, Loretta Sayers; Susan, Susan Fleming.
"MAN IN POSSESSION, THE"— M-G-M.— From the play by H. M. Harwood. Adapted by Sarah Y. Mason. Directed Dy Sam Wood. The cast: Raymond Dabney, Robert Montgomery; Clara, Charlotte Greenwood; Crystal Wetherby, Irene Purcell; Mr. Dabney, C. Aubrey Smith; Mrs. Dabney, Beryl Mercer; Claude Dabney, Reginald Owen; Sir Charles Carlwright. Alan Mowbray; Esther, Maude Eburne; A Bailiff, Forrester Harvey; A Butcher, Yorke Sherwood.
"MIRACLE WOMAN, THE" — Columbia.— From the play "Bless You Sister" bv John Meehan and Robert Riskin. Continuity by Dorothy Howell. Adapted by Jo Swerling. Directed by Frank Capra. The Cast: Florence "Faith" Fallon, Barbara Stanwyck; John Carson, David Manners; Hornsby, Sam Hardy; Mrs. Higgins, Beryl Mercer; Welford, Russell Hopton; Simpson. Charles Middleton; Collins. Eddie Boland; Gussie, Thelma Hill; Violet, Aileen Carlyle; Brown, Al Stewart; Briggs, Harry Todd.
"NIGHT ANGEL, THE"— Paramount.— From the story by Edmund Goulding. Directed by Edmund Goulding. The cast: Yula Martini, Nancy Carroll; Rudek Berkem, Fredric March; Theresa Masar, Phoebe Foster; Countess von Martini, Allison Skipworth; Biezel, Alan Hale.