Overview
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Fun facts
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad
Details
- Director
- Writers
- P.J. WolfsonStory
- Allen RivkinStory
- Richard SchayerScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 4, 1932
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Lew AyresMichael Rand
Mae ClarkeRuth Taylor
Boris Karloff'Happy' MacDonald
Dorothy RevierJill MacDonald
Russell HoptonKlauss
Hedda HopperMrs. Rand
Clarence MuseTim Washington, the Doorman
Dorothy PetersonEdith Blair
Bert RoachTommy
George RaftEd Powell
Gene MorganJoe
Huntley GordonJim
Robert Emmett O'ConnorThe Policeman
Arletta DuncanCigarette Girl- Alice AdairChorine (uncredited)
Frank BealBit (uncredited)
Louise BeaversMaid (uncredited)
Billy BletcherNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sammy BlumSalesman (uncredited)- Edna CallahanChorus Girl (uncredited)
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