The Expert (1932 film)

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The Expert
Directed by Archie Mayo
Written by Julien Josephson
Maude T. Howell
Based onplay Minick by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, taken from Ferber's short story Old Man Minick
Produced by Warner Brothers
Starring Chic Sale
Dickie Moore
Cinematography Robert Kurrle
Al Green
John Shepek
Edited byJames Gibbon
Music by Leo F. Forbstein
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Vitaphone
Release date
  • March 5, 1932 (1932-03-05)
Running time
8 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

The Expert is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama directed by Archie Mayo and starring Chic Sale and Dickie Moore. It is based on a 1924 Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman play, Minick , which is based on the short story "Old Man Minick" by Ferber. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. [1]

Contents

The Library of Congress holds a print. [2]

Cast

Reception

A 1932 review in TIME Magazine described the film as "a profligate adaptation of Edna Ferber's story Old Man Minick." [3] According to a 1932 review in The New York Times , "The story of Old Man Minick's misadventures when he comes to live with his son in Chicago is told in a halting, disjointed script which seems never quite sure where it is going. By trying to tell too much of Edna Ferber's novel, the adapters have blurred the picture and made much of it unconvincing." [4] International Photographer called the film "well worth seeing." [5]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Expert
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.52 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
  3. "The New Pictures". TIME Magazine . March 7, 1932 via EBSCOhost.
  4. "Old Man Minick". The New York Times . February 27, 1932.
  5. Blaisdell, George. "Looking In on Just a Few New Ones." The International Photographer Vol. 4 No. 2 p33. March, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.