Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1934)

Casts of Current Photoplays Complete for every picture reviewed in this issue "BEYOND BENGAL"— Showmen's Pictures. — From the story by Harry Schenck. Directed by Harry Schenck. The cast: Harry Schenck; A British Scientist, Joan Baldwin; Miss Baldwin's Maid, Bee; Interpreter, Badri; No. One Gunner, Captain Nain Sei; No. One Native, Tao Blin; Schenck's Man-Servant, AH. "BLUE LIGHT. THE" — Mayfair Prod.— Story and direction by Leni Riefenstahl. The cast: Junta, Leni Riefenstahl. " BLUE STEEL" — Monogram. — From the story by Robert N. Bradbury. Directed by Robert N. Bradbury. The cast: John Beaumont, John Wayne; Betty Mason, Eleanor Hunt; Sheriff, George Hayes; Mclgrove, Ed Peil; Danti, Yakima Canutt; Innkeeper, George Cleveland; Bridegroom, George Nash. "BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK" — 20th Century-United Artists. — Based on the novel by H. C. McNeile. Screen play by Nunnally Johnson. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. The cast: Hugh Drummond, Ronald Colman; Lola Field, Loretta Young; Prince Achmed, Warner Oland; Algy, Charles Butterworth; Given, Una Merkel; Inspector Nielson, C. Aubrey Smith; Dr. Owen Sotkern, Arthur Hohl; Singh, George Regas; Lola's Aunt, Ethel Griffies; Hassan, Mischa Auer; Parker, Douglas Gerrard; 1st Bobby, Halliwell Hobbes; 2nd Bobby, E. E. Clive. "CALL IT LUCK" — Fox. — From the story by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. Adapted by Joseph Cunningham and Harry McCoy. Directed by James Tinling. The cast: Pat Laurie, Pat Paterson; Herbert Biggelwade, Herbert Mundin; Stan Russell, Charles Starrett; "Lucky" Luke Bartlelt, Gordon Westcott; Amy Lark, Georgia Caine; Nat Underwood, Theodore Von Eltz; Lord Poindexter, Reginald Mason; Sid Carter, Ernest Wood; "Brainwave" Flynn, Ray Mayer; Alice Blue, Susan Fleming. "CHANGE OF HEART" — Fox. — From the novel "Manhattan Love Song" by Kathleen Norris. Screen play by Sonya Levien and James Gleason. Directed by John G. Blystone. The cast: Catherine Furness, Janet Gaynor; Chris Thring, Charles Farrell; Mack McGowan, James Dunn; Madge Rounlree, Ginger Rogers; Harriet Hawkins, Beryl Mercer; Dr. Kreutzmann, Gustav Von Seyffertitz; Shirley, Shirley Temple; Greta Haihtrom, Irene Franklin; T. P. McGowan, Fiske O'Hara; Mrs. Mockby, Jr., Drue Leyton; Mrs. Rounlree, Mary Carr; Mrs. McGowan, Jane Darwell; Howard Jackson, Kenneth Thomson; Mrs. Mockby, Nella Walker; Phyllis Carmichael, Barbara Barondess. "CHANNEL CROSSING"— Gaitmont-British. — Based on the book by Angus MacPhail and W. P. Lipscomb. Directed by Milton Rosmer. The cast: Jacob van Eeden, Matheson Lang; Marion Slade, Constance Cummings; Peter Bradley, Anthony Bushell; Nigel Guthrie, Nigel Bruce; Vi Guthrie, Dorothy Dickson; Trotter, Edmund Gwenn; Dr. IValkley, Douglas Jefferies; The Captain, H. G. Stoker; A Traveler, Max Miller. "CIRCUS CLOWN, THE"— First National.— Based on the story by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Directed by Ray Enright. The cast: Happy Howard, Joe E. Brown; Alice, Patricia Ellis; Bebe, Dorothy Burgess; Poodles Hanneford, himself; Vaudeville act, Ernest Clarke; Jack Oakley, Donald Dillaway; Happy, as a boy, Gordon Evans; Ajax, Harry Woods; Dickie, Ronnie Cosby; Moxley, John Sheehan; Barker, Earl Hodgins; Ringmaster, Wm. Demarest; Mac, Tom Dugan; Sheldon, Charles Wilson; Slim, Lee Moran; Kingsley, Wm. Davidson. "COCKEYED CAVALIERS" — RKO-Radio.— From the story by Edward Kaufman and Ben Holmes. Directed by Mark Sandrich. The cast: Bert Wheeler, Bert Wheeler; Robert Woolscy, Robert Woolsey; Lady Genevieve, Thelma Todd; Lucette, Dorothy Lee; The Baron, Noah Beery; Duke of Weskit, Robert Greig; The Baron's Friend, Henry Sedley. "EMBARRASSING MOMENTS"— Universal. — From the story by William Anthony McGuire. Screen play by Gladys Unger and Charles Logue. Directed by Edward Laemmle. The cast: Jerry, Chester Morris; Jane, Marian Nixon; Paul, Walter Woolf; Runyon, Huntly Gordon; Ahearn, Alan Mowbray; Slug, John Wray; Morganza, Henry Armetta; Miss Dudd, Gay Seabrook; Bartender, Herman Bing; Mrs. Stocklebur ger , Jane Darwell; Saunders, Charles E. Coleman; Mother, Virginia Sale; District Attorney, Charles Wilson; Jose, Christian Frank; House Guest, Carl Miller; Attorney, John F. Murray; Louie, George Stone. "FRIDAY THE 13TH"— Gaumont-British — From the story by Sidney Gilliatt and G. H. MoresbyWhite. Directed by Victor Saville. The cast: Alf, Sonnie Hale; Frank Parsons, Frank Lawton; Eileen, Ursula Jeans; Millie, Jessie Matthews; Fred, Cyril Smith; Joe, Max Miller; Wakefield, Edmund Gwenn; Flora, Mary Jerrold; Blake, Emlyn Williams; Mary, Belle Chrystal. "FRIENDSOF MR. SWEENEY "—Warners — From the story by Elmer Davis. Screen play by Warren Duff and Sidney Sutherland. Directed by Edward Ludwig. The cast: Asaph Holliday, Charlie Ruggles; Beulah, Ann Dvorak; Rixey, Eugene Pallette; Olga, Dorothy Tree; Alex Romanoff, Robert Barrat; Folsom, Harry Beresford; Brumbaugh, Berton Churchill; Prime, William Davidson; Millie, Dorothy Burgess; Mike, Harry Tyler. "GREAT FLIRTATION, THE"— Paramount. — From the story "I Loved An Actress" by Gregory Ratoff. Screen play by Humphrey Pearson. Directed by Ralph Murphy. The cast: Zila Marishka, Elissa Landi; Karpath, Adolphe Menjou; Larry Kenyan, David Manners; Joe Lang, Lynne Overman; Henry Morgan, Raymond Walburn; Mikos, Adrian Rosley; Herr Direktor, Paul Porcasi; Arpad, George Baxter; Queen, Judith Vosselli; Paul Wengler, Akim Tamiroff ; Bigelow, Vernon Steele. "HERE COMES THE GROOM "—Paramount. — From the story by Richard F. Flournoy. Screen play by Leonard Praskins and Casey Robinson. He's twenty-six now and married, but Wesley Barry, of "Penrod" fame, plays a barefoot boy role in "The Life of Vergie Winters" Directed by Edward Sedgwick. The cast: Mike Scanlon, Jack Haley; Mrs. Widden, Mary Boland; Patricia Randolph, Patricia Ellis; Jim, Neil Hamilton; Angy, Isabel Jewell; Marvin Hale, Larry Gray; Lieut. Detective Weaver, Sidney Toler; George Randolph, E. H. Calvert; 1st Cop, James Burtis; 2nd Cop. Ward Bond; 3rd Cop, James Farley; Porter, Snowflake; Butler, Arthur Treacher; 1st Gunman, Ernest S. Adams; 2nd Gunman, Edwin Sturgis. "HE WAS HER MAN"— Warners.— From the story by Robert Lord. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. The cast: Flicker Hayes, James Cagney; Rose, Joan Blondell; Pop, Frank Craven; J. C. Ward, Harold Huber; Deering, George Pat Collins; Nick, Victor Jory; Mrs. Gardella, Sarah Padden; Monk Shevlin, Russell Hopton; Red Deering, Ralph Harold; Dutch, J. M. Qualen; Dan, Bradley Page; Whiley, James Eagle; Waiter, George Chandler; Gassey, Samuel Hines. "HIGH SCHOOL GIRL"— Bryan Foy Prod.— From the story by Crane Wilbur. Adapted by Crane Wilbur and Wallace Thurman. Directed by Crane Wilbur. The cast: Beth Andrews, Cecilia Parker; Jane Andrews, Helen MacKellar; Will Andrews, Mahlon Hamilton; Rob Andrews, Carlyle Moore, Jr.; Bryson, Crane Wilbur; Phil Cudahy, Noel Warwick. "I CAN'T ESCAPE"— Beacon Prod.— From the story by Jerry Sackheim and Nathan Asch. Screen play by Faith Thomas. Directed by Otto Brower. The cast: Steve, Onslow Stevens; Mae, Lila Lee; Tom, Russell Gleason; Bonn, Otis Harlan; Harley, Hooper Atchley; Donovan, Bill Desmond; Irish Cop, Eddie Gribbon; Princeton, Kane Richmond; Mrs. Wilson, Clara Kimball Young; Mr. Watson, Nat Carr; Douglas, John Elliott. "I GIVE MY LOVE"— Universal.— From the story by Vicki Baum. Screen play by Doris Anderson. Directed by Karl Freund. The cast: Paul Vadja, Paul Lukas; Judy Blair, Wynne Gibson; Paul Jr. (at 21), Eric Linden; Alex Blair, John Darrow; Bogey, Sam Hardy; Paul Jr. (at 12), Tad Alexander; Alice, Dorothy Appleby. "KEY, THE"— Warners.— From the story by R. Gore-Brown and J. L. Hardy. Screen play by Laird Doyle. Directed by Michael Curtiz. The cast: Norah, Edna Best; Captain Tennant. William Powell; Andrew Kerr, Colin Clive; Pauline. Maxine Doyle; Conlan, Donald Crisp; O'Duffy, J. M. Kerrigan; Kirby, Philip Regan; Dan, Henry O'Neill; Barmaid, Gertrude Short; Homer, Hobart Cavanaugh; Lt. Merriam, Arthur Treacher; The General, Halliwell Hobbes; Flower Girl, Dawn O'Day. "KISS AND MAKE-UP"— Paramount.— From the story by Stephen Bekeffi. Screen play by George Marion, Jr., and Harlan Thompson. Directed by Harlan Thompson. The cast: Dr. Maurice Lamar, Cary Grant; Anne, Helen Mack; Eve Caron, Genevieve Tobin; Marcel Caron, Edward Everett Horton; Max Pascal, Lucien Littlefield; Countess Rita, Mona Maris; Vilma, Katherine Williams; Magda, Lucille Lund; Rolando, Rafael Storm; Mme. Sever ac, Mme. Bonita; Mme. Durand, Doris Lloyd; Maharajah of Baroona, Milton Wallace; Plumber, Sam Ashe; Landlady, Helena Phillips; Consuelo Claghorne, Toby Wing; Chairman of Banquet, Henry Armetta; Taxi Driver No. 1, Chick Collins; Taxi Driver No. 2, John Sinclair; Jean, valet, George Andre Beranger; Mme. Duponl, Rita Gould; Greta, Dorothy Christy; Vilma, Katherine Williams; Magda, Lucille Lund; Beauty Clinic Nurses, Judith Arlen, jean Gale, Hazel Hayes, Lu Ann Meredith; Exercise Instructor, Dorothy Drake; Radio Announcer, Helene Cohan; Maharajah's Wife, Jean Carmen; Radio Listener, GiGi Parrish; Lady Rummond-Dray, Ann Hovey; Beauty Clinic Patients, Betty Bryson and Jacqueline Wells. "LAST GENTLEMAN, THE"— 20th CenturyUnited Artists. — From the play by Katharine Clugston. Screen play by Leonard Praskins. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. The cast: Cabot Barr, George Arliss; Augusta, Edna May Oliver; Rachel, Janet Beecher; Marjorie, Charlotte Henry; Loring, Ralph Morgan; Claude, Edward Ellis; Allan, Frank Albertson; Retta, Rafaela Ottiano; Judd, Donald Meek; Dr. Wilson, Joseph Cawthorn; Professor Schumacker, Harry C. Bradley. "LAUGHING BOY"— M-G-M.— From the novel by Oliver La Farge. Screen play by John Colton and John Lee Mahin. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The cast: Laughing Boy, Ramon Novarro; Slim Girl, Lupe Velez; Hartshorne, William Davidson; Laughing Boy's Father, Chief Thunderbird; Laughing Boy's Mother, Catalina Rambula; Tall Man's Boy, Wounded Face; Yellow Singer, F. A. Armenia; Jesting Squaw's Son, Deer Spring; Red Man, Pellicana. "LET'S TALK IT OVER"— Universal.— From the story "Loves of a Sailor" by Dore Schary and Lewis Foster. Screen play by John Meehan, Jr. Directed by Kurt Neumann. The cast: Mike McGann, Chester Morris; "Pat" Rockland, Mae Clarke; Mr. Rockland, Frank Craven; Alex, John Warburton; Sandra, Irene Ware; Gravel, Andy Devine; Bill, Russ Brown; Peter, Anderson Lawler; Helen Wray, Goodee Montgomery; Sailor Jones, Douglas Fowley; Sailor Murphy, Tom Dugan; Butler, Herbert Corthell. "LIFE OF VERGIE WINTERS, THE"— RKORadio. — From the story by Louis Bromfield. Screen play by Jane Murfin. Directed by Alfred Santell. The cast: Vergie Winters, Ann Harding; John Shadwell, John Boles; Laura Shadwell, Helen Vinson; Joan (19 years), Betty Furness; Banny Truesdalc, Frank Albertson; Hugh McQueen, Creighton Chaney; Winnie Belle, Sara Haden; Sadie, Molly O'Day; Barry Preston, Ben Alexander; Mike Davey, Donald Crisp; Ella Heenan, Maidel Turner; Pearl Turner, Cecil Cunningham; Madame Claire, Josephine Whittell; Herbert Somerby, Wesley Barry; Jim Winters, Edw. Van Sloan; Mr. Preston, Wallis Clark; Mr. Truesdale, Edwin Stanley. "LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW?"— Universal. —From the novel by Hans Fallada. Screen play by William Anthony McGuire. Directed by Frank Borzage. The cast: Lammchen, Margaret Sullavan; Hans Pinneberg, Douglass Montgomery; Jachman, Alan Hale; Mia Pinneberg, Catherine Doucet; Communist, Fred Kohler; His Wife, Mae Marsh; Emil Kleinhdz. DeWitt Jennings; Franz Schulter, the Actor, Alan Mowbray; Marie Kletnholz, Muriel Kirkland; 122