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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Cecil B. DeMille wanted Paul Muni as his first choice for gangster Louis Garrett, but Muni declined because he was committed to a play at the Cass Theater in Detroit. Walter Huston was considered but was also unavailable.
The only film in which John Carradine was billed under the name John Peter Richmond, which he used from 1932 until 1935. He received no on-screen credit in any of his other features during that period.
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.
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The only film in which John Carradine was billed under the name John Peter Richmond, which he used from 1932 until 1935. He received no on-screen credit in any of his other features during that period.
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.
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