Three-Cornered Moon

Last updated

Three Cornered Moon
Three-Cornered Moon 1933 Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Screenplay by
Based onThree-Cornered Moon
by Gertrude Tonkonogy
Produced by B. P. Schulberg
Starring
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Edited by Jane Loring
Music by Ralph Rainger
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 8, 1933 (1933-08-08)(US)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Three Cornered Moon is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Ray Harris and S.K. Lauren, and starring Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, and Wallace Ford. Based on a 1933 play by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg, the film reached No. 9 in the National Board of Review Awards top-10 films in 1933. [1] [2] Film critic Leonard Maltin identifies it as one of the "25 Vintage Movies You Really Shouldn't Miss". This film is often mentioned as one of the earliest examples of screwball comedy. [3]

Contents

Plot

Difficulties overtake a well-to-do family in New York when, due to margin calls, they lose all their money in the Great Depression.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Three-Cornered Moon profile Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine , nbrmp.org; accessed August 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Three Cornered Moon, accessed 7 December 2015
  3. ↑ Three-Cornered Moon AllMovie review by Craig Butler, accessed October 28, 2023


ComedyFilm.svg

This 1930s comedy film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.