The read
It runs a compact 1h 6m.
Synopsis
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy William NeillDirector
- Garrett FortWriter
Cast
- May RobsonMary Hastings
- Fay WrayJean Hastings
- Victor JoryJim Devlin
- Raymond WalburnWillard Hastings
- James BlakeleyAlex Hastings
- Josephine WhittellHenrietta Hastings
- Mayo MethotSarah
- Albert ContiCount Filippo Di Fraschiani
- Samuel S. HindsBurroughs
- Willard RobertsonThomas
- Edward KeaneMorgan
- Edward Van SloanKomeoski
Stills
Themes
failing business