Three-Cornered Moon
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Three-Cornered Moon is a 1933
film directed by Elliot Nugent, and written by Ray Harris
and S.K. Lauren, based on play by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg
. The film reached No. 9 in the National Board of Review Awards
Top 10 films in 1933.
This film is often mentioned as one of the earliest examples of screwball comedy
, but although the characters are a bit strange and a bit crazy, the story is typical period comedy and not as frantic as the classic screwball comedy style.
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1933 in film
-Events:* March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.* June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.* British Film Institute founded....
film directed by Elliot Nugent, and written by Ray Harris
Ray Harris
Ray Harris was an American rockabilly musician and songwriter. He formed a band with Wayne Powers, and wrote the songs "Come On, Little Mama" and "Greenback Dollar, Watch and Chain". He eventually recorded these at Sun Records with Sam Phillips. He has also produced artists at Hi Records...
and S.K. Lauren, based on play by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg
Gertrude Friedberg
Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg was an American playwright and author.Friedberg wrote two Broadway plays, Town House which was based on stories by John Cheever, and Three-Cornered-Moon which starred Ruth Gordon and Brian Donlevy, and was later made into a film of the same name...
. The film reached No. 9 in the National Board of Review Awards
National Board of Review Awards 1933
- Top Ten Films :#Topaze#Berkeley Square#Cavalcade#Little Women#Mama Loves Papa#The Pied Piper#She Done Him Wrong#State Fair#Three-Cornered Moon#Zoo in Budapest- Top Foreign Films :#Hertha's Erwachen#Ivan...
Top 10 films in 1933.
This film is often mentioned as one of the earliest examples of screwball comedy
Screwball Comedy
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, but although the characters are a bit strange and a bit crazy, the story is typical period comedy and not as frantic as the classic screwball comedy style.
Plot
Difficulties overtake a well-to-do family in New York when they lose all their money in the Great Crash of 1929Wall Street Crash of 1929
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Cast
- Claudette ColbertClaudette ColbertClaudette Colbert was a French-born American-based actress of stage and film.Born in Paris, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures...
as Elizabeth Rimplegar - Richard ArlenRichard Arlen-Biography:Born Sylvanus Richard Van Mattimore in St. Paul, Minnesota, he attended the University of Pennsylvania. He served as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. His first job after the war was with St. Paul's Athletic Club...
as Dr. Alan Stevens - Mary BolandMary Boland-Career:Born Marie Anne Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of William Boland, an actor, and his wife Mary Cecilia Hatton. She had an older sister named Sara....
as Nellie Rimpleger - Wallace FordWallace FordWallace Ford was an English film and television actor who, with his friendly appearance and stocky build later in life, appeared in a number of film westerns and B-movies....
as Kenneth Rimpleger - Lyda RobertiLyda Roberti-Life and career:Born in Warsaw, Poland, Roberti was the daughter of a clown and as a child performed in the circus as a trapeze artist, and as a vaudeville singer. As the family toured Europe and Asia, Roberti's mother left her husband, settling in Shanghai, China where the younger Roberti earned...
as Jenny - Tom BrownTom Brown (actor)Thomas Brown was an American child model, and later a film and television actor....
as Eddie Rimplegar - Joan MarshJoan MarshJoan Marsh was an American film actress.Marsh was the daughter of Charles Rosher. She made her first film appearance as an infant in the Universal Pictures film Hearts Aflame , billed as Dorothy Rosher...
as Kitty - Hardie AlbrightHardie AlbrightHardie Albright was an American actor and the son of travelling vaudevillians.Born as Hardie Hunter Albrecht, he made his stage debut in one of his parents' acts at the age of 7....
as Ronald - William BakewellWilliam BakewellWilliam Bakewell , also known as Billy Bakewell, was an American actor, who achieved his greatest fame as one of the premiere juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s.-Life and career:...
as Douglas Rimplegar - Sam Hardy as Hawkins