The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil is a Sissy
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Directed by	W.S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown
Produced by	Frank Davis
Written by	Rowland Brown (story)
Screenplay by	John Lee Mahin Richard Schayer Frank Fenton (writer)
Starring	Freddie Bartholomew Jackie Cooper Mickey Rooney
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	Tom Held
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	September 18, 1936 (1936-09-18)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Devil is a Sissy is a 1936 American MGM comedy drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s.^[1]

The film premiered on September 18, 1936.

Plot summary

Claude 'Limey' Pierce (Freddie Bartholomew) is a wealthy lonely young English boy attending a New York public school. He is befriended by slum kid James 'Gig' Stevens (Mickey Rooney), son of a recently executed gangster. Robert 'Buck' Murphy (Jackie Cooper) is a middle-class gang leader with whom Rooney frequently clashes.^[2]

Cast

Freddie Bartholomew as Claude 'Limey' Pierce
Jackie Cooper as Robert 'Buck' Murphy
Mickey Rooney as James 'Gig' Stevens
Ian Hunter as Jay Pierce
Katharine Alexander as Hilda Pierce
Peggy Conklin as Rose Hawley
Gene Lockhart as Mr. Jim 'Murph' Murphy
Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Murphy
Jonathan Hale as Judge Holmes
Etienne Girardot as Mr. Crusenberry, the Principal
Sherwood Bailey as Bugs
Buster Slaven as Six-Toes
Grant Mitchell as Paul Krumpp
Stanley Fields as Joe, a Gangster
Harold Huber as Willie, a Gangster
Frank Puglia as 'Grandma', a Gangster
Etta McDaniel as Molly, Rose's Maid

References

External links

The Devil is a Sissy at the Internet Movie Database
The Devil Is a Sissy at AllMovie
The Devil Is a Sissy at the TCM Movie Database
The Devil is a Sissy at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke

The Hawk's Trail (1919)
Daredevil Jack (1920)
Double Adventure (1921)
Forget Me Not (1922)
The Avenging Arrow (1921)
White Eagle (1922)
Half-A-Dollar-Bill (1924)
Loving Lies (1924)
Gold Heels (1924)
The Trail Rider (1925)
Hearts and Spurs (1925)
The Gentle Cyclone (1926)
War Paint (1926)
Winners of the Wilderness (1927)
California (1927)
Spoilers of the West (1927)
Under the Black Eagle (1928)
Wyoming (1928)
White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
The Pagan (1929)
Trader Horn (1931)
The Cuban Love Song (1931)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Night Court (1932)
Penthouse (1933)
Eskimo (1933)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
The Thin Man (1934)
Hide-Out (1934)
Forsaking All Others (1934)
I Live My Life (1935)
Rose Marie (1936)
San Francisco (1936)
His Brother's Wife (1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
Love on the Run (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
Personal Property (1937)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Sweethearts (1938)
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
Another Thin Man (1939)
I Take This Woman (1940)
I Love You Again (1940)
Bitter Sweet (1940)
Rage in Heaven (1941)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)
I Married an Angel (1942)
Cairo (1942)
Journey for Margaret (1942)

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