Gold (1932 film)

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Gold
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Directed by Otto Brower
Written by Scott Darling (continuity)
Jack Natteford (story)
Produced byHenry L. Goldstone
Starring Jack Hoxie, Hooper Atchley, Alice Day
Cinematography Charles A. Marshall
Arthur Reed
Edited by S. Roy Luby
Music by Lee Zahler
Distributed by Majestic Pictures
Release date
  • 1932 (1932)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gold is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. An early sound B western, the film starred Jack Hoxie in the second of his six sound westerns, featuring Hooper Atchley as the villain Kramer. The film also marked the last screen appearance of silent movie actress Alice Day. [1]

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The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation. [2]

Plot

Kramer (Atchley) works the gold fields by buying up miners' claims and then having his henchmen murder them, taking both the money and the gold. When cowboy-turned-prospector Jack Tarrant's (Hoxie) partner Jeff Sellers becomes the next victim to Kramer's scam, Tarrant decides to put an end to Kramer's gang once and for all.

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Gold Retrieved April 24, 2016
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.69 c.1978 American Film Institute [Retrieved April 24, 2016]