Risky Business (1939 film)

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Risky Business
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Written byCharles Grayson
Based onstory Okay America by William Anthony McGuire
Produced byBurt Kelly
Starring
Cinematography Stanley Cortez
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
3 March 1939
Running time
65 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Risky Business is a 1939 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring George Murphy and Dorothea Kent. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl, Norma Jameson, who has been kidnapped.

Cast

Production

The film was based on a story by William McGuire, Okay America , which had been filmed in 1932. [4]

Arthur Lubin was attached to the project on 20 January 1939. [5] George Murphy occasionally worked for Universal under one picture arrangements. Filming started January 30, 1939. [6]

Reception

The New York Times said the film was not interesting and was "a risky entertainment." [7] The Los Angeles Times said it had an "ingenious" story and "unusually good acting and direction." [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Risky Business Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 6, Iss. 61, (Jan 1, 1939): 117.
  2. ↑ RISKY BUSINESS (Universal-G.F.D.) Picture Show; London Vol. 42, Iss. 1068, (Oct 14, 1939): 19.
  3. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.
  4. ↑ THE THEATRE: Life of a Columnist Wall Street Journal 14 Sep 1932: 3.
  5. ↑ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 21 Jan 1939: 19.
  6. ↑ Hays Indicates Wider Scope in Film Themes: MacMurray With Cagney D'Artagnan Chosen O'Keefe to Be Starred Young Singer Signed Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 17 Jan 1939: 8.
  7. ↑ THE SCREEN New York Times 23 Mar 1939: 31.
  8. ↑ Ingenious Film Shown Los Angeles Times 8 Mar 1939: A10


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