This Day and Age (film)
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| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited) |
| Written by | Bartlett Cormack |
| Starring |
Charles Bickford Richard Cromwell |
| Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This Day and Age is a 1933 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is one of his rarest films and has not been released on DVD.
In his book Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, author Robert S. Birchard relates how DeMille wasn't sure screenwriter Bartlett Cormack's script had a sense of current slang, so he asked Los Angeles High School student Horace Hahn to read the script and comment.[1] Studio personnel suggested other titles for the film, including High School Men, Battle Cry, High and Mighty, Pay Day, Live and Learn, May Day, We Want Action!, The Young March On!, The Snare, These Young Sinners, No Kidding, Over Here, We Accuse, Innocent Blood'', and Against the Rules. Ultimately the main title card was set with Bartlett Cormack's original choice: This Day and Age.[2]
Cast
- Charles Bickford - Louis Garrett
- Richard Cromwell - Steve Smith
- Judith Allen - Gay Merrick
- Harry Green - Herman
- Bradley Page - Toledo
- Edward J. Nugent - Don Merrick
- Ben Alexander - Morry Dover
- Lester Arnold - Sam Weber
- Michael Stuart - Billy Gordon
- Oscar Rudolph - Gus Ruffo
- Mickey Daniels - Mosher
- Fuzzy Knight - Max
- George Barbier - Judge Maguire
- Charles B. Middleton District Attorney
- Warner Richmond - Defense Attorney
- Samuel S. Hinds - Mayor
- Howard Lang - City Editor
- Onest Conley - George Harris
- Horace Hahn - Student Body President
- John Carradine - Assistant Principal Abernathy