Prestige

Prestige (1932)

A woman joins her fiance at a Malaysian prison camp only to discover he's become an alcoholic.

Date of release
1932-01-22
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Adventure
Director
Tay Garnett

Casting

Interesting facts

Prestige is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Tay Garnett and written by Tay Garnett, Rollo Lloyd and Francis Edward Faragoh. The film stars Ann Harding, Adolphe Menjou, Melvyn Douglas and Guy Bates Post. The film was released on January 22, 1932, by RKO Pictures.

Production

Decades later, Melvyn Douglas recalled that he was called in to replace Adolphe Menjou (who appears in the film). Turner Classic Movies cites a Variety report that Douglas replaced Robert Williams. Williams died of peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix on November 3, 1931.

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