Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy (1934)

Souls are Laid Bare... Hearts Seek Understanding ... Sympathy... Love...

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.

Date of release
1934-04-13
TMDB
3.7 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
Western, Drama, Romance
Director
W.S. Van Dyke

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy is a 1934 pre-Code Western film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and is based on the 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Oliver La Farge.

Production

John Lee Mahin said MGM bought the rights to the play on his recommendation. Mahin claims the film was ruined by the casting of Ramon Navarro. "He looked like an old whore, with his hair hanging down and a blanket on." Mahin said "They should have had some virile young guy, Tyrone Power or somebody" although he liked Lupe Velez. "If you'd had somebody comparable to her and if you'd played the sad ending, you would have had a movie.

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