Pick-Up (1933 film)

Pick-Up
Directed by Marion Gering
Produced by B. P. Schulberg
Written by Viña Delmar
Based on magazine serial by Vina Delmar
Starring Sylvia Sidney
George Raft
Music by W. Franke Harling
Cinematography David Abel
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24)
Running time
76 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Pick-Up is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft.

Cast

Production

At one stage the film was going to star Carole Lombard.[1] Eventually Sylvia Sidney and George Raft were cast, Raft replacing Gary Cooper who had been held up making a movie at MGM.[2] Filming took place in early 1933.

Reception

The film was a box office hit.[3]

References

  1. Kingsley, G. (1932, May 27). WOMAN'S FREEDOM FILM THEME. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/162599286?accountid=13902
  2. Author may make audible film of "birth of a nation" -- other items. (1933, Jan 22). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/100608523?accountid=13902
  3. Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p. 37


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