Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1933)

Casts of Current Photoplays Complete for every picture reviewed in this issue "ANIMAL KINGDOM, THE"— RKORadio.— From the play by Philip Barry. Adapted by Horace Jackson. Directed by Edward H. Griffith. The cast: Daisy Sage, Ann Harding; Tom Collier, Leslie Howard; Cecilia Henry, Myrna Loy; Owen, Neil Hamilton; Regan, William Gargan; Rufus Collier, Henry Stephenson; Grace, Ilka Chase; Franc, Leni Stengel; Joe, Donald Dillaway. "BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN, THE"— Columbia. — From the story by Grace Zaring Stone. Adapted by Edward Paramore. Directed by Frank Capra. The cast: Megan Davis, Barbara Stanwyck; General Yen, Nils Asther; Dr. Robert Strike, Gavin Gordon; Mr. Jackson, Lucien Littlefield; Mah-Li, Toshia Mori; Captain Li, Richard Loo; Mrs. Jackson, Clara Blandick; Jones, Walter Connolly; Dr. Lin, Moy Ming; Rev. Boslwick, Robert Wayne; Dr. Hansen, Knute Erickson; Mrs. Hansen, Ella Hall; Mr. Pettis, Arthur Millett; Miss Reed, Helen Jerome Eddy; Miss Avery, Martha Mattox; Mrs. Blake, Jessie Arnold; Bishop Harkness, Emmett Corrigan. "DAS SCHOENE ABENTEUER" (Enchanted Escapade) — UFA. — From the play "La Belle Aventure" by G. A. de Caillavet, Robert de Flers and Etienne Rey. Adapted by Reinhold Schuenzel and Emerich Pressburger. Directed by Reinhold Schuenzel. The cast: The Countess, Ida Wuest; Andre, her son, Wolf Albach-Retty; Helene, her niece, Kaethe von Nagy; Valentin, Otto Wallburg; Grandma Trevillac, Adele Sandrock; Jeanline, her maid, Kaethe Haack. "DEATH KISS, THE"— World Wide.— From the story by Madelon St. Denis. Screen play by Barry Barringer and Gordon Kahn. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. The cast: Marcia Lane, Adrienne Ames; Franklyn Drew, David Manners; Sheehan, John Wray; Avery, Edward Van Sloan; Zugsmilh, Alexander Carr; Steiner, Bela Lugosi; Howell, Harold Minjir; Hilliker, Wade Boteler; Gulliver, Vince Barnett; Asst. Director, Al Hill; Script Clerk, Barbara Bedford; Chalmers, Alan Roscoe; Mrs. Avery, Mona Maris; Myles Brent, Edmund Burns; Hill, James Donlan; Clerk, Harold Waldridge. "DEVIL IS DRIVING, THE"— Paramount.— From the story by Frank Mitchell Dazey. Screen play by Louis Weitzenkorn, P. J. Wolfson and Allen Rivkin. Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. The cast: Jimmy, Edmund Lowe; Silver, Wynne Gibson; Buddy Evans, Dickie Moore; Beef Evans, James Gleason; Nancy Evans, Lois Wilson; Jenkins, Alan Dinehart; The Dummy, George Rosener; Mac, Guinn Williams; Bill Jones, Charlie Williams; Dolan, John Kelly; Ticker, Francis McDonald; Nellie, Geneva Mitchell; Fritz, Tom Kennedy. "FAREWELL TO ARMS, A"— Paramount.— From the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Screen play by Benjamin Glazer and Oliver H. P. Garrett. Directed by Frank Borzage. The cast: Catherine Barkley, Helen Hayes; Lieut. Frederic Henry, Gary Cooper; Major Rinaldi, Adolphe Menjou; Helen Ferguson, Mary Philips; The Priest, Jack LaRue; Head Nurse, Blanche Friderici; Bonello, Henry Armetta; Piani, George Humbert; Manera, Fred Malatesta; Miss Van Campen, Mary. Forbes; Count Greffi, Tom Ricketts; Gordoni, Robert Cauterio; British Major, Gilbert Emery. "EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE" — First National.— From the story by David Boeham. Adapted by Robert Presnell. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. The cast: Kurt Anderson, Warren William; Madeline, Loretta Young; Martin West, V/allace Ford; Polly, Alice White; Rjss, Albert Gran; Sweeney, Allen Jenkins; Mrs. Hichox, JMarjone Gateson; Monroe, Hale Hamilton; Miss Hall, Ruth Donnelly; Marion, Zita Moulton; Garfinkle, Frank Reicher; Bradford, Berton Churchill; Higgins, Charles Scllon; Josie, Helen Mann; Meek, H. C. Bradley. "FAST LIFE"— M-G-M.— From the novel "Let's Go" by E. J. Rath. Screen play by Byron Morgan and Ralph Spence. Directed by Harry Pollard. The cast: Sandy, William Haines; Shirley, Madge Evans; Burton, Conrad Nagel; Jameson, Arthur Byron; Bumpy, Cliff Edwards; Halstead, Warburton Gamble; Mr. Williams, Kenneth Thomson; Van Vrinken, Albert Gran; Sherman, Ben Hendricks. "FLAMING GUNS"— Universal.— From the novel "Oh, Promise Me" by Peter B. Kyne. Screen play by Jack Cunningham. Directed by Arthur Rosson. The cast: Tom M alone, Tom Mix; Ramsey, William Farnum; Mary Ramsey, Ruth Hall; Mulford, Clarence H. Wilson; Hugh, George Hackathorne; Red Mclntyre, Duke Lee; Pee Wee, Pee Wee Holmes; Rustlers, Jimmy Shannon, William Steele, Walter Patterson, Bud Osborne; Sheriff, Fred Burns; Tony, Jr., Tony, Jr. " FLESH" — M-G-M.— From the story by Edmund Goulding. Adapted by Leonard Praskins and Edgar Allan Woolf. Directed by John Ford. The cast: Polikai, Wallace Beery; Lora, Karen Morley; Nicky, Ricardo Cortez; Mr. Herman, Jean Hersholt; Joe Willard, John Miljan; Comedy Waiter, Vince Barnett; Pepi, Herman Bing; Dolan, Edward Brophy; Mrs. Herman, Greta Meyer. "FORTY-NINERS. THE"— Freuler Film.— From the story by F. McGrew Willis. Directed by John P. McCarthy. The cast: Tennessee Matthews, Tom Tyler; \irginia Hawkins, Betty Mack; O'Hara, Al Bridge; Widow Spriggs, Fern Emmett; Jed Hawkins, Gordon Wood; Lola, Mildred Rogers; Tanner, Fred Ritter; MacNab, Frank Ball; Tanner's wife, Florence Wells. "FRISCO JENNY"— First National.— From the story by Gerald Beaumont, Lillie Hayward and John Francis Larkin. Screen play by Wilson Mizner and Robert Lord. Directed by William A. Wellman. The cast: Jenny, Ruth Chatterton; Dan Reynolds, Donald Cook; Dan McAllister, James Murray; Steve Dutton, Louis Calhern; Willie Gleason, Hallam Cooley; O'Hoolihan, Pat OMalley; Kelly, Robert Warwick; Weaver, Harold Huber; Amah, Helen Jerome Eddy; Good Book Charlie, Frank McGlynn, Sr.; Harris, J. Carrol Naish; Rose, Noel Francis; Sandoval, Robert Emmett O'Connor; Kilmer, Sam Godfrey; Martel, Franklin Parker; Captain of Police, Willard Robertson; Danny, Buster Phelps; Judge Reynolds, Berton Churchill; Tom Ford, Edwin Maxwell; Old Man, Harry Holman; Miss Jessie, Fritzi Ridgeway; The Singer, Clarence Muse; Mrs. Reynolds, Nella Walker; Miss Beulah, Gertrude Astor; Miss Tessie, Claudia Coleman. "HALF-NAKED TRUTH, THE"— RKORadio. — From the story by Ben Markson and H. N. Swanson. Screen play by Bartlett Cormack and Corey Ford. Directed by Gregory La Cava. The cast: Teresita, Lupe Velez; Bates, Lee Tracy; Achilles, Eugene Pallette; Farrell, Frank Morgan; Colonel Willikens, Robert McKenzie; Lou, James Donlan; Gladys, Shirley Chambers; The Sheriff, Charles Dow Clark; Farrell's Press Agent, Thomas Jackson. " HEART PUNCH"— Mayfair Pictures. — From the story by Frank Howard Clark. Adapted by John Thomas Neville. Directed by B. Reeves Eason.* The cast: Jimmy Milligan, Lloyd Hughes; Kitty Doyle, Marion Shilling; Lefty Doyle, George Lewis; Spike, Wheeler Oakman; Goldie, Mae Busch; Zenias, Walter Miller; Benton, Gordon DeMain; Wong, James Leong. " HYPNOTIZED "—World Wide.— From the screen play by Mack Sennett and Arthur Ripley. Adapted by John A. Waldron, Earle Rodney, Harry McCoy and Gene Towne. The cast: Egbert Jackson, Charlie Mack; Henry Johnson, George Moran; Professor Limberly, Ernest Torrence; Charlie O'Brien, Charlie Murray; Bill Bogard, Wallace Ford; Princess Mitzi, Maria Alba; Pearl, Marjorie Beebe; Capt. Von Stromberg, Herman Bing; Abe Shapiro, Alexander Carr; Consul, Luis Alberni; Ludwig, Harry Schultz; Drummer in Orchestra, Matt McHugh; Ringmaster in Circus, Mitchell Harris. "ISLAND OF LOST SOULS "—Paramount.— From a novel by H. G. Wells. Screen play by Waldemar Young and Philip Wylie. Directed by Erie Kenton. The cast: Dr. Moreau, Charles Laughton; Edward Parker, Richard Arlen; Ruth Walker, Leila Hyams; Lota, the Panther Woman, Kathleen Burke; Montgomery, Arthur Hohl; Capt. Davies, Stanley Fields; Hogan, Robert Kortman; M'Ling, Tetsu Komai; Our an, Hans Steinke; Gola, Harry Ekezian; Sayer of the Law, Bela Lugosi; Samoan Girl, Rosemary Grimes; Donahue, Paul Hurst; American Consul, George Irving. "LAWYER MAN" — Warners. — From the novel by Max Trell. Screen play by Rian James and James Seymour. Directed by William Dieterle. The cast: Anton, William Powell; Olga, Joan Blondell; Barbara, Helen Vinson; Bentley, Alan Dinehart; lzzy Levine, Allen Jenkins; Gilmurry, David Landau; Virginia, Claire Dodd Flo, Sheila Terry; Dr. Gresham, Kenneth Thomson; Spike, Jack LaRue; Kovak, Rockcliffe Fellows; Merrill, Roscoe Karns; Chorus Girl, Dorothy Christy; Mrs. Levine, Ann Brody; Guiseppi, Curley Wright; Moyle, Edward McWade. "MADAME BUTTERFLY " — Paramount. — From the story by John Luther Long and the play by David Belasco. Screen play by Josephine Lovett and Joseph Moncure March. Directed by Marion Gering. The cast: Cho-Cho-San, Sylvia Sidney; Lieut. B. F. Pinkerton, Cary Grant; Lieut. Barton, Charlie Ruggles; Goto, Sandor Kallay; Yomadori, Irving Pichel; Cho-Cho's Mother, Helen Jerome Eddy; ChoCho's Grandfather, Edmund Breese; Mme. Goro, Judith Vosselli; Suzuki, Louise Carter; Peach Blossom, Dorothy Libaire; Mrs. Pinkerton, Sheila Terry. "MAN AGAINST WOMAN " — Columbia. — From the story by Keene Thompson. Screen play by Jo Swerling. Directed by Irving Cummings. The cast: Johnny McCloud, Jack Holt; Lola Parker, Lillian Miles; Mossie Enris, Walter Connolly; Georgie Perry, Gavin Gordon; Happy O'Neill, Arthur Vinton; Christy, Emmett Corrigan; Smoke Johnson, Clarence Muse; Brodie, Harry Seymour; Alberti, Jack LaRue; Landlady, Katherine Claire Ward. "MUMMY, THE" — Universal. — From the story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Screen play by John L. Balderston. Directed by Karl Freund. The cast: lm-ho-iep, Karloff; Helen Grosvenor, Zita Johann; Frank Whemple, David Manners; Professor Muller, Edward Van Sloan; Sir Joseph Whemple, Arthur Byron; Norton, Bramwell Fletcher; Nubian, Noble Johnson; Professor Pearson, Leonard Mudie; Frau Muller, Katheryn Byron; Doctor, Eddie Kane; Inspector, Tony Marlow; Pharoah, Maes Crane; Knight, Arnold Gray; Marion, Henry Victor. "NO LIVING WITNESS"— Mayfair Pictures. — From the story by Norman Houston. Directed by E. Mason Hopper. The cast: Jerry Bennett, Gilbert Roland; Clyde Corbin, Noah Beery; Carol Everett Barbara Kent; -Emillia, Carmel Myers; "Pop" Everett, Otis Harlan; Miss Thompson, Dorothy Revier; Nick, J. Carrol Naish; Nick's Mother, Ferike Boros; Police Captain, John Ince; Looey, Monte Carter; District Attorney, Broderick O'Farrell; Harry Newton, Arthur Millett; Fatty Raskin, James Cooley Eddie Schrabe, Gordon DeMain. "NO OTHER WOMAN"— RKO-Radio.— From the play "Just A Woman" by Eugene Walter and a story by Owen Francis. Screen play by Wanda Tuchock and Bernard Schubert. Directed by J. Walter Ruben. The cast: Anna, Irene Dunne; Big Jim Stanley, Charles Bickford; Margot, Gwili Andre; Joe, Eric Linden; Bobbie Stanley, Buster Miles; Susie, Leila Bennett; Eli, Christian Rub; Bonelli, J. Carrol Naish; Governess, Hilda Vaughn; Chauffeur, Brooks Benedict; Butler, Joseph E. Bernard; Anderson. Frederick Burton; Sutherland, Theodore Von Eltz, Judge, Edwin Stanley. "RACING STRAIN, THE" — Willis Kent Prod. — From the story by Willis Kent. Directed by Jerome Storm. The cast: Big Shot, Wally Reid, Jr.; Mr. Martin, J. Farrell MacDonald; King Kelly, Paul Fix; Marian Martin, Phyllis Barrington; Aunt Judy, Ethel Wales; Speed Hall, Eddie Phillips; Big Shot, as baby, Dickie Moore; Big Shot's Father, Lorin Raker; Tia Juana Lil, Mae Busch; Togo, Otto Yamaoka. "ROBBERS' ROOST "—Fox.— From the story by Zane Grey. Screen play by Dudley Nichols. Directed by Louis King. The cast : Jim Wall, George O'Brien; Helen, Maureen O'Sullivan; Brad, Walter McGrail; Aunt Ellen, Maude Eburne; Herrick, Reginald Owen; Hays, William Pawley; Prossie, Doris Lloyd; Happy Jack, Clifford Stanley; Briggs, Gilbert Holmes; Daniels, Frank Rice; Tulliver, Robert Creig; Mac, William Nestell; Smoky Slocum, Vinegar Roan; Latimer, Ted Oliver. "SELF-DEFENSE" — Monogram. — From the story "Man's Law" by Peter B. Kyne. Adapted by Tristam Tupper. Directed by Phil Rosen. The cast: Katy Devoux, Pauline Frederick; Alice, Claire Windsor; Tim Reed, Theodore Von Eltz; Nona Devoux, Barbara Kent; Dan Simmons, Robert Elliott; Dr. Borden, Henry B. Walthall; Jeff Bowman, Jameson Thomas; Paul, George Hackathorne; Charlie, Willie Fung; Sandy McKenzie, Lafe McKee; Jury Foreman, George Hayes. "SIGN OF THE CROSS, THE"— Paramount.— From the play by Wilson Barrett. Screen play by Waldemar Young and Sidney Buchman. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The cast: Marcus Superbus, Fredric March; Mercia, Elissa Landi; Poppaea. Claudette Colbert; Nero, Charles Laughton; Tigellinus, Ian Keith; Dacia, Vivian Tobin; Favius, Harry Beresford; Glabrio, Ferdinand Gottschalk; Titus, Arthur Hohl; Ancaria, Joyzelle; Stephanus, Tommy Conlon; Strabo, Nat Pendleton; Licinius, William V. Mong; Tyros, Harold Healy; Viturius, Richard Alexander; Philodemus, Robert Manning; The Mute Giant, Joe Bonomo. "SLIGHTLY MARRIED" — Invincible.— From the story by Mary McCarthy. Directed by Richard Thorpe. The cast: Mary Smith, Evalyn Knapp. Jimmy Martin, Walter Byron; Nellie, Marie Prevost; Jack Haines, Jason Robards; Marjorie, Dorothy Christy; Brandon, Robert Ellis; Mrs. Martin, Clarissa Selwynne; Mr. Martin, Phillips Smalley; Hodges, Herbert Evans; The Judge, Lloyd Ingraham; The Landlady, Mary Foy. "SON-DAUGHTER, THE" — M-G-M. — From the stage play by George M. Scarborough and David Belasco. Screen play by John Goodrich and Claudine West. Directed by Clarence Brown. The cast: Tom Lee, Ramon Novarro; Lien Wha, Helen Hayes; Dr. 118