''This Side of Heaven'' is a 1934 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
directed by
William K. Howard, written by
Zelda Sears,
Eve Greene,
Edgar Allan Woolf
Edgar Allan Woolf (April 25, 1881 – December 9, 1943) was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz''.
Early years and education
Woolf was the son ...
and
Florence Ryerson, and starring
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931 ...
,
Fay Bainter
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Jezebel'' (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Early life
Bainter wa ...
,
Mae Clarke,
Tom Brown and
Una Merkel. It was released on February 2, 1934, by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...
.
Premise
Personal and professional problems eventually drive a man to attempt suicide.
Cast
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Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931 ...
as Martin Turner
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Fay Bainter
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Jezebel'' (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Early life
Bainter wa ...
as Francene Turner
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Mae Clarke as Jane Turner
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Tom Brown as Seth Turner
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Una Merkel as Birdie
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Mary Carlisle as Peggy Turner
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Onslow Stevens as Walter
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Henry Wadsworth as Hal
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Edward Nugent
Edward James Nugent (February 7, 1904 – January 3, 1995) was an American film and stage actor.
Biography
Born in 1904 in New York City, Nugent appeared in more than 80 films between 1928 and 1937. He subsequently had a second acting career o ...
as Vance
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C. Henry Gordon
C. Henry Gordon (born Henry Racke; June 17, 1883 – December 3, 1940) was an American stage and film actor.
Gordon was born in New York City, New York. He was educated both in New York and abroad in Switzerland and Germany. For some years ...
as William Barnes
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Dickie Moore as Freddie
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Edwin Maxwell as R.S. Sawyer
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Mickey Daniels
Richard Daniels Jr. (October 11, 1914 – August 20, 1970) known professionally as Mickey Daniels, was an American actor. Signed by Hal Roach in 1921, he was, along with Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jackie Davis, Mary Kornman, and Ernie Morrison, ...
as Stinky Bliss
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Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes MacArthur ( Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have w ...
as Actress on screen in theatre, Uncredited Cameo (Clip from ''
Another Language
''Another Language'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes.
Plot
A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages: ...
'')
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Robert Montgomery as Actor on screen in theatre, Uncredited cameo (Clip from ''
Another Language
''Another Language'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes.
Plot
A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages: ...
'')
References
External links
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1934 films
American drama films
1934 drama films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by William K. Howard
American black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by Florence Ryerson
Films about suicide
Films with screenplays by Edgar Allan Woolf
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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