Up Pops the Devil (1931)
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is forced to take a job as a dancer in a Broadway show. As the marriage begins to fall apart, complications ensue when she discovers that she's pregnant.
- Date of release
- 1931-05-19
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- A. Edward Sutherland
Casting
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher — Barney Hatfield
- Stuart Erwin — Stranger
- Carole Lombard — Anne Merrick
- Lilyan Tashman — Polly Griscom
- Norman Foster — Steve Merrick
- Edward Nugent — George Kent
- Theodore von Eltz — Gilbert Morrell
- Joyce Compton — Luella May Carroll
- Eulalie Jensen — Mrs. Kent ("Sugar")
- Harry Beresford — Mr. Platt
- Effie Ellsler — Mrs. Platt
- Pat Moriarity — Kelly, Bootlegger
Interesting facts
Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife and straining their marriage. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay is based on a 3-act play of the same name written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; the play ran on Broadway for 148 performances from September 1930 to January 1931 at the Theatre Masque.
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