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 Overview:
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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Film debut of Judith Allen. She withheld from director Cecil B. DeMille the fact that she was married, information that was later used in an embarrassing manner by newspaper reporters. DeMille was reportedly so furious with Allen that he used his influence to damage her later career.
Gloria Stuart and Grace Bradley were considered for the part of Gay Merrick before model-turned-actress Mari Coleman--aka Judith Allen--was cast.
Shooting from May 17-June 21,1933,released August 25.
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Gloria Stuart and Grace Bradley were considered for the part of Gay Merrick before model-turned-actress Mari Coleman--aka Judith Allen--was cast.
Shooting from May 17-June 21,1933,released August 25.
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