Overview
A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Story (1936) and the 1936 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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Music
Music by George Antheil
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Lee Garmes
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Ben HechtStory
- Charles MacArthurStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 30, 1935
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Noël CowardAnthony Mallare
Julie HaydonCora Moore
Stanley RidgesPaul Decker
Martha SleeperJulia Vivian
Ernest CossartJimmy Clay
Alexander WoollcottVanderveer Veyden
Everley GreggMildred Langwiter
Rosita MorenoCarlotta
Eduardo CiannelliMaurice Stern
Richard BondHoward Gillette- Helen StricklandMrs. Rolinson
Lionel StanderRothenstien- Frank ConlanMassey
O.Z. WhiteheadCalhoun- Raymond BramleyFelix Abrams
Harry DavenportSlezack- Hope WilliamsMaggie
William RicciardiLuigi- Uhei HasegawaYoshiwara
- Carl SchmidtZither Player
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