Song of the Eagle

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Song of the Eagle
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Directed by Ralph Murphy
Screenplay by C. Graham Baker
Willard Mack
Casey Robinson
Gene Towne
Produced by Charles R. Rogers
Starring Charles Bickford
Richard Arlen
Mary Brian
Jean Hersholt
Cinematography Henry Sharp
Edited by Joseph Kane
Music by John Leipold
Harold Lewis
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 28, 1933 (1933-04-28)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Song of the Eagle is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian and Jean Hersholt. [1] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. [2] [3] Its release coincided with the ongoing repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment that had outlawed alcohol.

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Plot

The fortunes of the German American family Hoffman from 1916 to 1933 during World War I, when the United States is at war with their native Germany, and during the Prohibition Era when the family's lager business is suddenly made illegal is explored. If the family's brewery is to continue they need to turn to bootlegging.

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  2. "Movie Review – Song of the Eagle – Beer and Gangsters". The New York Times . Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  3. "Song of the Eagle (1933) – Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 25, 2015.

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