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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Cecil B. DeMille and co-screenwriter Bartlett Cormack consulted a student from Los Angeles High School, Horace Hahn, to ensure that the main characters spoke with appropriate modern slang.
Chester Morris was second choice the role of Louis Garrett, but he proved to be too expensive.
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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Chester Morris was second choice the role of Louis Garrett, but he proved to be too expensive.
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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