Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 23m

David Harum

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Director
James Cruze
Cast
Will Rogers as David Harum Louise Dresser as Polly Evelyn Venable as Ann Kent Taylor as John Stepin Fetchit as Sylvester Noah Beery as Woolsey
Crew
Hal Mohr — Director of Photography Jack Murray — Editor David Buttolph — Original Music Composer Walter Woods — Screenplay Edward Noyes Westcott — Novel Russell Patterson — Costume Design
Synopsis

Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller who places a winning $4,500 bet on a 10-1 harness racing horse, making him Rogers' bank partner.

Mood & Themes
hotel roombankerwidowfistfightwagersinginghorse racingrainstormcourtshipchristmashorse traderracist stereotype
Key Collaborators
James Cruze Director Hal Mohr Director of Photography Jack Murray Editor David Buttolph Original Music Composer Walter Woods Screenplay Edward Noyes Westcott Novel Russell Patterson Costume Design
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