Three-Cornered Moon
Three Cornered Moon | |
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Directed by | Elliott Nugent |
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Based on | Three-Cornered Moon by Gertrude Tonkonogy |
Produced by | B. P. Schulberg |
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Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
Edited by | Jane Loring |
Music by | Ralph Rainger |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Three Cornered Moon is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Ray Harris and S.K. Lauren, and starring Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, and Wallace Ford. Based on a 1933 play by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg, the film reached No. 9 in the National Board of Review Awards top-10 films in 1933.[1][2] Film critic Leonard Maltin identifies it as one of the "25 Vintage Movies You Really Shouldn't Miss".
Premise[]
Difficulties overtake a well-to-do family in New York when they lose all their money in the Great Crash of 1929.
Cast[]
- Claudette Colbert as Elizabeth Rimplegar
- Richard Arlen as Dr. Alan Stevens
- Mary Boland as Nellie Rimpleger
- Wallace Ford as Kenneth Rimpleger
- Lyda Roberti as Jenny
- Tom Brown as Eddie Rimplegar
- Joan Marsh as Kitty
- Hardie Albright as Ronald
- William Bakewell as Douglas Rimplegar
- Sam Hardy as Hawkins
References[]
- ^ Three-Cornered Moon profile Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, nbrmp.org; accessed August 4, 2015.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Three Cornered Moon
External links[]
- Three Cornered Moon at the TCM Movie Database
- Three-Cornered Moon at IMDb
- Three-Cornered Moon at AllMovie
- Three Cornered Moon (available on DVD from Universal Vault Series)
Categories:
- 1933 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1933 comedy films
- Films set in New York City
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Elliott Nugent
- American comedy films
- Films produced by B. P. Schulberg
- 1930s comedy film stubs