Comedy · United States of America · 1931 · 1h 14m

Up Pops the Devil

Director

Cast

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Barney Hatfield Stuart Erwin as Stranger Carole Lombard as Anne Merrick Lilyan Tashman as Polly Griscom Norman Foster as Steve Merrick Edward Nugent as George Kent

Crew

Karl Struss — Director of Photography John Leipold — Original Music Composer Eve Unsell — Screenplay Travis Banton — Costume Design

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

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Key Collaborators

A. Edward Sutherland Director Karl Struss Director of Photography John Leipold Original Music Composer Eve Unsell Screenplay Travis Banton Costume Design

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