The Brat

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The Brat
The Brat film poster.jpg
Poster to The Brat (1931)
Directed by John Ford
Written by S. N. Behrman
Maude Fulton (uncredited)
Sonya Levien
Based onThe Brat
by Maude Fulton
Starring Sally O'Neil
Alan Dinehart
Virginia Cherrill
Cinematography Joseph H. August
Edited byAlex Troffey
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 20, 1931 (1931-09-20)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Brat is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, starring Sally O'Neil, and featuring Virginia Cherrill. The film is based on the 1917 play by Maude Fulton. A previous silent film had been made in 1919 with Alla Nazimova. This 1931 screen version has been updated to then contemporary standards i.e. clothing, speech, topics in the news. [1]

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Plot

A novelist brings a wild chorus girl home, hoping to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His snobby upper-class family is upset by her presence, but soon she has changed their lives forever.

Cast

Background

Writer Maude Fulton was an actress as well and starred in the 1917 Broadway premiere of her own play. Two of her co-stars in the play went on to have major film careers, Lewis Stone and Edmund Lowe. [2] The film was restored in DCP form and exhibited at New York City's Museum of Modern Art in November 2016.

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Brat
  2. Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860-1970 (this edit. c.1970) by Daniel Blum, p. 163