Grand Old Girl

Grand Old Girl (1935)

When jazz and gin menaced her boys and girls, she raided the hot spots single-handed!

An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.

Date of release
1935-01-15
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
John S. Robertson

Casting

Interesting facts

Grand Old Girl is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Robertson from a screenplay by Milton Krims, John Twist, Arthur T. Horman, adapted from a story by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars May Robson, Mary Carlisle, Fred MacMurray, and Alan Hale, other cast members included Ben Alexander.

Production

RKO announced in September 1934 that the start of production was imminent for Portrait of Laura Bayles, which was one of the working titles for this film. It was reported in early October that the film was in production for RKO, and by the end of the month it had finished production and was in the process of being edited. In the middle of November, it was revealed that the title of the picture had been changed to Grand Old Girl.

By the end of 1934, the release date of the film was announced to be January 18. Early in February 1935 the general release date for the film was revealed as February 22, and would open at the Astor Theatre.

In March, the film was part of a four-picture deal sold to the Gaumont British circuit for distribution in the United Kingdom. The other three pictures included in the deal were the Katharine Hepburn vehicle, The Little Minister, Red Morning, featuring Steffi Duna, and Romance in Manhattan, starring Francis Lederer and Ginger Rogers.

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