This Reckless Age
| This Reckless Age | |
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| Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
| Written by | Lewis Beach (play The Goose Hangs High) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Charles "Buddy" Rogers |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Music by | John Leipold |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This Reckless Age is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a Broadway play The Goose Hangs High by Lewis Beach.[1][2]
One of over 700 Paramount films controlled by Universal Pictures, which in 1948 purchased most of the 1928-1948 Paramount library.[citation needed]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (December 2023) |
Cast
[edit]- Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Bradley Ingals
- Richard Bennett as Donald Ingals
- Peggy Shannon as Mary Burke
- Charles Ruggles as Goliath Whitney
- Frances Dee as Lois Ingals
- Frances Starr as Eunice Ingals
- Maude Eburne as Rhoda
- Allen Vincent as Pig Van Dyke
- Mary Carlisle as Cassandra Phelps
- David Landau as Matthew Daggett
- Reginald Barlow as Lester Bell
- George C. Pearce as John Burke
- Grady Sutton as Stepladder Schultz
- Harry Templeton as Monk Turner
- Berton Churchill as Banker
- Leonard Carey as Braithwaite (uncredited)
Critical Response
[edit]As reviewer Clara M. Sawdon opined in International Photographer: "Pictures such as this are rare because they are much more difficult to produce than sensational or spectacular ones, but they are welcome innovations, especially when accomplished with such satisfactory coordination of effort as herein evidenced."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 published by The American Film Institute (1993)
- ^ The Goose Hangs High on Broadway at the Bijou Theatre, January 29, 1924 to June 1924, IBDb.com; accessed November 26, 2015.
- ^ Sawdon, Clara M. "When Seen Through Feminine Eyes." The International Photographer Vol. 3 No. 12 p34. February, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.
External links
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