This Day and Age is a 1933 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...

. It is one of his rarest films and has not been released on DVD.

In his book Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, author Robert S. Birchard relates how DeMille wasn't sure screenwriter Bartlett Cormack's script had a sense of current slang

Slang

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, so he asked Los Angeles High School

Los Angeles High School

Los Angeles High School is the oldest public high school in the Southern California Region and in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Its colors are blue and white and the teams are called the Romans....

 student Horace Hahn

Horace Hahn

Horace L. Hahn was an American best known for working with Cecil B. DeMille on several films as a young man, including a supporting role in This Day and Age . He also served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, and assisted Justice Robert H...

 to read the script and comment.

Studio personnel suggested other titles for the film, including High School Men, Battle Cry, High and Mighty, Pay Day, Live and Learn, May Day, We Want Action!, The Young March On!, The Snare, These Young Sinners, No Kidding, Over Here, We Accuse, Innocent Blood', and Against the Rules. Ultimately the main title card was set with Bartlett Cormack's

Bartlett Cormack

Edward Bartlett Cormack was an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and producer best known for his 1927 Broadway play The Racket, and for working with Howard Hughes and Cecil B. DeMille on several films....

 original choice: This Day and Age.

Cast

• Charles Bickford
  Charles Bickford
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   - Louis Garrett
• Richard Cromwell
  Richard Cromwell (actor)
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   - Steve Smith
• Judith Allen - Gay Merrick
• Harry Green - Herman
• Bradley Page - Toledo
• Edward J. Nugent
  Edward J. Nugent
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   - Don Merrick
• Ben Alexander - Morry Dover
• Lester Arnold - Sam Weber
• Michael Stuart - Billy Gordon
• Oscar Rudolph - Gus Ruffo
• Mickey Daniels
  Mickey Daniels
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   - Mosher
• Fuzzy Knight
  Fuzzy Knight
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   - Max
• George Barbier
  George Barbier (actor)
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   - Judge Maguire
• Charles B. Middleton
  Charles B. Middleton
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   District Attorney
• Warner Richmond
  Warner Richmond
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   - Defense Attorney
• Samuel S. Hinds
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   - Mayor
• Guy Usher - Chief of Police
• Howard Lang
  Howard Lang
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   - City Editor
• Louise Carter - Grace Smith
• Onest Conley
  Onest Conley
  Onest Conley was an American film actor.Born in Evanston, Illinois, his mother was the pioneering African-American film actress Madame Sul-Te-Wan and his father was Robert Reed Conley. He had two brothers...
  
   - George Harris
• Horace Hahn
  Horace Hahn
  Horace L. Hahn was an American best known for working with Cecil B. DeMille on several films as a young man, including a supporting role in This Day and Age . He also served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, and assisted Justice Robert H...
  
   - Student Body President
• John Carradine
  John Carradine
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   - Assistant Principal Abernathy
• Frank Darien - Stolen Car Owner