This Day and Age (1933) | |
| Director(s) | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Producer(s) | Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama |
| Top Topics | Pre-Code Cinema |
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This Day and Age (1933) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and produced by Cecil B. DeMille.
SYNOPSIS
DeMille's only gangster movie pits the young people who participate in a youth-week celebration against dangerous hoodlums. Bickford puts the protection strong-arm racket on a defenseless tailor, and then kills him as an example to other noncooperative merchants. When the mayor turns over the reins of government to the kids for the day, they use their new powers to terrify the mobster into confession.
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Chester Morris was second choice the role of Louis Garrett, but he proved to be too expensive.
Burgess Meredith and Lionel Atwill were considered for the role of Louis Garrett.
While in pre-production for this film, 'Cecil B. deMille' was also planning a subsequent epic film called "The End of the World" which was inspired in part by the novel 'When Worlds Collide' by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, and by the film End of the World. DeMille went so far as to purchase the rights to both subjects ('When Worlds Collide' was bought for $7,5000). Ultimately the script was never even written and the project was discarded.
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Burgess Meredith and Lionel Atwill were considered for the role of Louis Garrett.
While in pre-production for this film, 'Cecil B. deMille' was also planning a subsequent epic film called "The End of the World" which was inspired in part by the novel 'When Worlds Collide' by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer, and by the film End of the World. DeMille went so far as to purchase the rights to both subjects ('When Worlds Collide' was bought for $7,5000). Ultimately the script was never even written and the project was discarded.
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