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Dante's Inferno (1935) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Harry Lachman and produced by Sol M. Wurtzel.

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"Dante's Inferno," or Smart Carny (1)

By David on May 9, 2013 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

"Oh, heck!" Even though it isn't entirely unexpected, there's still a lot of talk about h-e-double hockey sticks in the 1935 film "Dante's Inferno." Because it's a legitimate part of the plot, "hell" is thrown around with abandon, like a five-year-old just given permission to say a forbidden word. ... Read full article


"Dante's Inferno," or Smart Carny (4)

By David on May 9, 2013 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

Even though it isn't entirely unexpected, there's still a lot of talk about h-e-double hockey sticks in the 1935 film "Dante's Inferno." Because it's a legitimate part of the plot, "hell" is thrown around with abandon, like a five-year-old just given permission to say a forbidden word. ("Mommy said ... Read full article


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Dean: There's nothing left for me now, but Hell. I thought you might like to watch me go there.


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Remarkably, outtakes still survive from this film. Raw footage of the clapperboard and the setup for a dance number with 16-year-old Rita Hayworth are included in the documentary Rita.
Although the Fox Film Corporation produced the movie, it was distributed after the merger with Twentieth Century, which began trading on May 31, 1935. Fox Film Corporation is listed as the copyright owners on the print, but Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation is the only owners in the copyright registry.
Spencer Tracy's erratic behavior on this film helped seal his fate with 20th-Century Fox. During filming Tracy disappeared from the set for weeks while on a drunken binge. He reportedly also showed up to the set one day surly and hungover and fell a sleep in the "Manhattan apartment" set. The studio locked the stage while he was still asleep and Tracy woke up in a rage, and started destroying sets, reportedly causing thousands of dollars worth of damage for which the studio billed him for.
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