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The Bad Man (1930 film)
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The Bad Man is an all-talking western film starring Walter Huston
which was produced and released by Warner Bros.
in 1930. The movie is based on Porter Emerson Browne's 1920 play of the same name.
. The entire film is in danger of being lost, however, if the film is not preserved in the near/quick future, as the film has already begun to deteriorate.
who had originated the role in the 1920 Broadway production which ran for a whopping 342 performances. The film was remade
in 1940 as The Bad Man
with Wallace Beery
as Pancho Lopez and a supporting cast including Lionel Barrymore
, Laraine Day
, and Ronald Reagan
.
... Pancho Lopez
Dorothy Revier
... Ruth Pell
James Rennie ... Gilbert Jones
O. P. Heggie ... Henry Taylor
Sidney Blackmer
... Morgan Pell
Marion Byron ... Angela Hardy
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Red Giddings (billed as Guinn Williams)
Arthur Stone ... Pedro
Edward Lynch ... Bradley
Harry Semels ... Jose
Erville Alderson ... Hardy
Walter Huston
Walter Thomas Huston was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of actor and director John Huston and the grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston.-Life and career:...
which was produced and released by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
in 1930. The movie is based on Porter Emerson Browne's 1920 play of the same name.
Preservation
An incomplete nitrate print of this film -- 8 out of 9 reels -- survives in the UCLA Film and Television ArchiveUCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film and Television Archive is an internationally renowned visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles. It holds more than 220,000 film and television titles and 27 million feet of...
. The entire film is in danger of being lost, however, if the film is not preserved in the near/quick future, as the film has already begun to deteriorate.
Original Version and Remake
The film, based on a 1920 play, was originally filmed in 1923 with Holbrook BlinnHolbrook Blinn
Holbrook Blinn was an American actor, born in San Francisco. He appeared on the legitimate stage as a child, and played throughout the United States and in London. He appeared in silent films, and was the director of popular one-act plays at New York's Princess Theatre.In 1900, he appeared in...
who had originated the role in the 1920 Broadway production which ran for a whopping 342 performances. The film was remade
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
in 1940 as The Bad Man
The Bad Man
The Bad Man is a 1941 Western film starring Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, and Ronald Reagan. The movie was written by Wells Root from the Porter Emerson Browne play, and directed by Richard Thorpe...
with Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...
as Pancho Lopez and a supporting cast including Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
, Laraine Day
Laraine Day
Laraine Day was an American actress and a former MGM contract star.-Career:Born La Raine Johnson in Roosevelt, Utah, to an affluent Mormon family, she later moved to California where she began her acting career with the Long Beach Players...
, and Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
.
Cast
Walter HustonWalter Huston
Walter Thomas Huston was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of actor and director John Huston and the grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston.-Life and career:...
... Pancho Lopez
Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier was an American actress.She was educated in the public schools of Oakland before going to New York City to study classical dancing...
... Ruth Pell
James Rennie ... Gilbert Jones
O. P. Heggie ... Henry Taylor
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Alderman Blackmer was an American actor.Blackmer was born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina. He started off in an insurance and financial business but gave up on it. While working as a builder's laborer on a new building, he saw a Pearl White serial being filmed and immediately...
... Morgan Pell
Marion Byron ... Angela Hardy
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Red Giddings (billed as Guinn Williams)
Arthur Stone ... Pedro
Edward Lynch ... Bradley
Harry Semels ... Jose
Erville Alderson ... Hardy