The Good Old Soak

The Good Old Soak

Infobox Film
name = The Good Old Soak


image_size =
caption =
director = J. Walter Ruben
producer =
writer = Don Marquis (play)
A. E. Thomas
narrator =
starring = Wallace Beery
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 1937
runtime =
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id =

"The Good Old Soak" is a 1937 movie starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast includes Una Merkel, Eric Linden, Betty Furness, and Ted Healy. The movie was written by A. E. Thomas from Don Marquis's play, and directed by J. Walter Ruben.

According to E.J. Fleming's book "The Fixers" about MGM's legendary "fixers" Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling, Wallace Beery, gangster Pasquale "Pat" DiCicco, and Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli allegedly beat comedian Ted Healy, organizer and original leader of the Three Stooges (originally known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges") to death in a brawl the year after the film's release. Beery was sent to Europe for four months by the studio, while a story accusing three college students of Healy's death was concocted to appease the public. A superb pencil drawing of Beery, drawn on a film set by Healy, survives.

Cast

*Wallace Beery as Clem Hawley
*Una Merkel as Nellie
*Eric Linden as Clemmie Hawley
*Judith Barrett as Ina Heath
*Betty Furness as Lucy Hawley
*Ted Healy as Al Simmons
*Janet Beecher as Matilda Hawley
*George Sidney as Kennedy
*Robert McWade as Webster Parsons

External links

*imdb title|id=0028946|title=The Good Old Soak


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Old soak —    Opening 22 August 1922 at the Plymouth Theatre, the folksy small town comedy by Don Marquis ran for 423 performances. One appeal for Prohibition decade audiences was the sentimental portrayal of the kindly lush (played by character comedian… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • The Oratory School — is an all boys, Catholic, boarding public school in Great Britain. It has approximately 400 pupils and is located in Woodcote, Oxfordshire near Reading, United Kingdom. History The Oratory School was founded under the supervision of John Henry,… …   Wikipedia

  • The Hearts Filthy Lesson — Single by David Bowie from the album Outside …   Wikipedia

  • soak — soak1 S3 [səuk US souk] v [: Old English; Origin: socian] 1.) [I and T] if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean ▪ Soak the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • soak — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if you soak something or let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean: Soak the beans overnight. | leave sth to soak: Just leave the dishes to soak;… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • The Consultant — is the 17th episode in the third season of the television series M*A*S*H. It originally aired on January 17, 1975. Plot Overview Hawkeye and Trapper are off to surgical clinic in Japan, but instead of attending seminars and meetings, they intend… …   Wikipedia

  • The Bedlam in Goliath — Infobox Album Name = The Bedlam in Goliath Type = studio Artist = The Mars Volta Released = Start date|2008|1|29 Recorded = 2006–2007 at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California and Rodriguez Lopez s home studio in Brooklyn, New York Genre =… …   Wikipedia

  • Lil the Whore — (aka Diddlin Nell or The Legend of Piss Pot Pete) is a rhymed folk poem. This bawdy poem, which was once much more common, has appeared in print rarely because of its bawdy content. The poem Variants Diddling Nellie ::Nell was a schoolteacher way …   Wikipedia

  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny — Mahagonny redirects here. For the Mahagonny Songspiel, see Mahagonny Songspiel. Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) is a political satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt… …   Wikipedia

  • Postage stamps and postal history of the United States — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the United States of America (USA).Early postal historyIn the American colonies, informal independently run postal routes began in Boston as early as 1639, with Boston to New York City… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”