The Good Old Soak
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| The Good Old Soak | |
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| Directed by | J. Walter Ruben |
| Written by | Don Marquis (play) A. E. Thomas |
| Starring | Wallace Beery |
| Release date(s) | 1937 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
The Good Old Soak is a 1937 movie starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast includes Una Merkel, Eric Linden, Betty Furness, and Ted Healy. The movie was written by A. E. Thomas from Don Marquis's play, and directed by J. Walter Ruben.
According to E.J. Fleming's book The Fixers about MGM's legendary "fixers" Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling, Wallace Beery, gangster Pasquale "Pat" DiCicco, and Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli allegedly beat comedian Ted Healy, organizer and original leader of the Three Stooges (originally known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges") to death in a brawl the year after the film's release. Beery was sent to Europe for four months by the studio, while a story accusing three college students of Healy's death was concocted to appease the public.[citation needed] A superb pencil drawing of Beery, drawn on a film set by Healy, survives.
[edit] Cast
- Wallace Beery as Clem Hawley
- Una Merkel as Nellie
- Eric Linden as Clemmie Hawley
- Judith Barrett as Ina Heath
- Betty Furness as Lucy Hawley
- Ted Healy as Al Simmons
- Janet Beecher as Matilda Hawley
- George Sidney as Kennedy
- Robert McWade as Webster Parsons
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