Up Pops the Devil
1931 film
- May 20, 1931 (1931-05-20)
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Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man (Norman Foster) who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife (Carole Lombard) and straining their marriage. The film was released by Paramount Pictures.[1] The screenplay is based on a 3-act play of the same name written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; the play ran on Broadway for 148 performances from September 1930 to January 1931 at the Theatre Masque.[2]
Cast
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Biney Hatfield
- Stuart Erwin as Stranger
- Carole Lombard as Anne Merrick
- Lilyan Tashman as Polly Griscom
- Norman Foster as Steve Merrick
- Edward J. Nugent as George Kent
- Theodore von Eltz as Gilbert Morrell
- Joyce Compton as Luella May Carroll
- Willie Best as Laundryman
- Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Kent
- Harry Beresford as Mr. Platt
- Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Platt
- Guy Oliver as Waldo - Handyman
See also
- Thanks for the Memory (1938), a remake of this film starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.
References
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (May 24, 1931). "Humor and Romance; "Up Pops the Devil" a Good Show--Miss Davies's Latest Comedy Breezy Fun. All's Well in the End. Smart Prevarication. Six-Cylinder Love." A Scapegrace Father. His Last Affair". The New York Times. p. X5.
- ^ "Up Pops the Devil". Internet Broadway Database (IBDb.com). Retrieved November 18, 2022.
External links
- Up Pops the Devil at IMDb
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Films directed by A. Edward Sutherland
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- Wild, Wild Susan (1925)
- A Regular Fellow (1925)
- Behind the Front (1926)
- It's the Old Army Game (1926)
- We're in the Navy Now (1926)
- Love's Greatest Mistake (1927)
- Fireman, Save My Child (1927)
- Figures Don't Lie (1927)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
- The Baby Cyclone (1928)
- What a Night! (1928)
- Close Harmony (1929)
- The Dance of Life (1929)
- The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
- Fast Company (1929)
- Pointed Heels (1929)
- Burning Up (1930)
- Paramount on Parade (1930)
- The Social Lion (1930)
- The Sap from Syracuse (1930)
- The Gang Buster (1931)
- June Moon (1931)
- Up Pops the Devil (1931)
- Palmy Days (1931)
- Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
- Secrets of the French Police (1932)
- Murders in the Zoo (1933)
- International House (1933)
- Too Much Harmony (1933)
- Mississippi (1935)
- Diamond Jim (1935)
- Poppy (1936)
- Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
- Champagne Waltz (1937)
- The Flying Deuces (1939)
- Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
- The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
- One Night in the Tropics (1940)
- The Invisible Woman (1940)
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
- Steel Against the Sky (1941)
- Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
- The Navy Comes Through (1942)
- Army Surgeon (1942)
- Dixie (1943)
- Follow the Boys (1944)
- Secret Command (1944)
- Abie's Irish Rose (1946)
- Bermuda Affair (1956)
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