The Mine with the Iron Door (1936 film)

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The Mine with the Iron Door
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Directed by David Howard
Written by Harold Bell Wright (novel)
Don Swift
Daniel Jarrett
Produced by Sol Lesser
Starring Richard Arlen
Cecilia Parker
Henry B. Walthall
Cinematography Frank B. Good
Joe Novak
Edited by Arthur Hilton
Music by Abe Meyer
Production
company
Sol Lesser Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 6, 1936 (1936-05-06)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Mine with the Iron Door is a 1936 American adventure western film directed by David Howard and starring Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker and Henry B. Walthall. [1] It is an adaptation of Harold Bell Wright's novel of the same title which had previously been turned into a 1924 silent The Mine with the Iron Door .

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ben Carré and Lewis J. Rachmil.

Plot

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References

  1. Goble p.868

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