''The Bad Man'' is a 1930 American
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film starring
which was produced and released by
First National Pictures, a subsidiary of
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The movie is based on Porter Emerson Browne's 1920 play
of the same name and is a sound remake of the 1923 silent
version
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of the same name. The film stars Walter Huston and features
Dorothy Revier,
Sidney Blackmer and
James Rennie.
Plot
Walter Huston plays the part of a notorious Mexican bandit. James Rennie plays as the man who once saved his life. When Rennie is unable to pay the mortgage on his ranch and is in risk of losing everything, Huston determines to help him. Sidney Blackmer, who has reason to believe that there is oil on Rennie's property, attempts to swindle Rennie and buy the property from him for a low price. Huston soon discovers that Rennie is in love with Blackmer's wife, played by Dorothy Revier, and consequently has Blackmer shot so that they can pursue their romance. Huston then robs a bank and uses the money to pay off Rennie's mortgage. Having the ranch securely in his hands, Rennie is now free to marry Revier. As Huston says goodbye to the couple, he is overtaken by the Texas Rangers and shot.
Preservation
An incomplete nitrate print of this film—8 of 9 reels—survives in the
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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. The entire film is in danger of being lost, however, if the film is still not preserved as of January 2021 or at some point the near future. The film may have already begun to decompose since it was last reported in 2007.
Original version and remake
The film, based on a 1920 play, was originally filmed in 1923 with
Holbrook Blinn
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, who had originated the role in the 1920 Broadway production which ran for a whopping 342 performances.
''The Bad Man'' as produced on Broadway at the Comedy Theatre, August 30, 1920 to June 1921; IBDB.com
/ref> The film was remade in 1940 as '' The Bad Man'' with Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' ( ...
as Pancho Lopez and a supporting cast including Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day
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, and Ronald Reagan.
Foreign-language versions
Two foreign-language version
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s of the 1930 version of ''The Bad Man'' were made. The Spanish version was titled ''El hombre malo'', while the French version was titled ''Lopez, le bandit''.
Cast
* as Pancho Lopez
* Dorothy Revier as Ruth Pell
* James Rennie as Gilbert Jones
* O. P. Heggie as Henry Taylor
* Sidney Blackmer as Morgan Pell
*Marion Byron
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Early years
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Byron was one of five daughters of Louis and Bertha Bilenkin.
Career
After following her sister into a short stage caree ...
as Angela Hardy
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as Red Giddings
* Arthur Stone as Pedro
*Edward Lynch as Bradley
*Harry Semels
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Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ...
as Jose
*Erville Alderson
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as Hardy
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1930 films
First National Pictures films
Films directed by Clarence G. Badger
1930 Western (genre) films
1930s English-language films
Warner Bros. films
Films with screenplays by Howard Estabrook
American black-and-white films
American Western (genre) films
Films produced by Robert North
1930s American films