The Brat

The Brat
Poster to The Brat (1931)
Directed by	John Ford
Written by	S. N. Behrman Maude Fulton(play) Sonya Levien
Starring	Sally O'Neil Alan Dinehart
Cinematography	Joseph H. August
Edited by	Alex Troffey
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	September 20, 1931 (1931-09-20)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Brat is a 1931 American comedy film directed by John Ford. It 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, speak, topics in the news.

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.^[1]

Cast

Sally O'Neil as The Brat
Alan Dinehart as MacMillan Forester
Frank Albertson as Stephen Forester
William Collier, Sr. as Judge O'Flaherty
Virginia Cherrill as Angela
June Collyer as Jane
J. Farrell MacDonald as Timson, the butler
Mary Forbes as Mrs. Forester
Albert Gran as Bishop
Louise Mackintosh as Lena
Margaret Mann as Housekeeper

References

↑ Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860-1970 (this edit. c.1970) by Daniel Blum p. 163

External links

The Brat at the Internet Movie Database

The films of John Ford

Silent films	The Tornado The Fighting Gringo The Trail of Hate The Scrapper Cheyenne's Pal The Soul Herder Straight Shooting The Secret Man A Marked Man Bucking Broadway The Phantom Riders Wild Women Thieves' Gold The Scarlet Drop Hell Bent A Woman's Fool The Craving (with Francis Ford) Three Mounted Men Roped The Fighting Brothers A Fight for Love Rustlers Bare Fists Gun Law By Indian Post The Gun Packer Riders of Vengeance The Last Outlaw The Outcasts of Poker Flat Ace of the Saddle Rider of the Law A Gun Fightin' Gentleman Marked Men The Prince of Avenue A The Girl in Number 29 Hitchin' Posts Just Pals The Big Punch The Freeze-Out The Wallop Desperate Trails Action Sure Fire Jackie Little Miss Smiles Silver Wings (with Edwin Carewe) The Village Blacksmith The Face on the Bar-Room Floor Three Jumps Ahead Cameo Kirby North of Hudson Bay Hoodman Blind Hearts of Oak Lightnin' Kentucky Pride Thank You The Fighting Heart The Shamrock Handicap 3 Bad Men Upstream Four Sons Strong Boy

Sound films	Napoleon's Barber The Black Watch Men Without Women Born Reckless Up the River Seas Beneath The Brat Arrowsmith Air Mail Pilgrimage Doctor Bull The Lost Patrol The World Moves On Judge Priest The Whole Town's Talking The Informer Steamboat Round the Bend The Prisoner of Shark Island Mary of Scotland The Plough and the Stars Wee Willie Winkie The Hurricane Four Men and a Prayer Submarine Patrol Stagecoach Young Mr. Lincoln Drums Along the Mohawk The Grapes of Wrath The Long Voyage Home Tobacco Road How Green Was My Valley They Were Expendable My Darling Clementine The Fugitive Fort Apache 3 Godfathers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon When Willie Comes Marching Home Wagon Master Rio Grande The Quiet Man What Price Glory The Sun Shines Bright Mogambo The Long Gray Line Mister Roberts (with Mervyn LeRoy) The Searchers The Wings of Eagles The Rising of the Moon Gideon's Day The Last Hurrah The Horse Soldiers Sergeant Rutledge Two Rode Together The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance How the West Was Won (with Henry Hathaway and George Marshall) Donovan's Reef Cheyenne Autumn 7 Women

Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "Flashing Spikes" (1962)

Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)

Documentaries	Torpedo Squadron Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)