''Good Intentions'' is a 1930 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ...
crime film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
William K. Howard and written by
George Manker Watters
George Manker Watters (April 27, 1890 – March 14, 1943) was an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager, and film and theatre company executive. Born George Daniel Watters II, he was the son of organist George Daniel Watters I and grew ...
. The film stars
Edmund Lowe
Edmund Sherbourne Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film.
Biography
Lowe's childhood home was at 314 North 1st Street, San Jose. He attended Santa Clara Coll ...
,
Marguerite Churchill,
Regis Toomey
John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High Sc ...
,
Earle Foxe
Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor.
Early years
Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. He was educated at Ohio St ...
,
Eddie Gribbon
Eddie Gribbon (January 3, 1890 – September 29, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films from the 1910s to the 1950s. Gribbon began working in Mack Sennett films in 1916 and continued through the 1920s. He usuall ...
and
Robert McWade
Robert McWade (January 25, 1872 – January 19, 1938), was an American stage and film actor.
Biography
McWade was born in Buffalo, New York. He was the third actor named Robert McWade, after his father and grandfather.
In 1902, McWade debut ...
.
The film was released on June 29, 1930, by
Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American independent company that produced motion pictures and was formed in 1914 by the theater "chain" pioneer William Fox (producer), William Fox. It was the corporate successor to ...
.
Cast
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Edmund Lowe
Edmund Sherbourne Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film.
Biography
Lowe's childhood home was at 314 North 1st Street, San Jose. He attended Santa Clara Coll ...
as David Cressonn
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Marguerite Churchill as Helen Rankin
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Regis Toomey
John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High Sc ...
as Richard Holt
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Earle Foxe
Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor.
Early years
Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. He was educated at Ohio St ...
as 'Flash' Norton
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Eddie Gribbon
Eddie Gribbon (January 3, 1890 – September 29, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films from the 1910s to the 1950s. Gribbon began working in Mack Sennett films in 1916 and continued through the 1920s. He usuall ...
as Liberty Red
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Robert McWade
Robert McWade (January 25, 1872 – January 19, 1938), was an American stage and film actor.
Biography
McWade was born in Buffalo, New York. He was the third actor named Robert McWade, after his father and grandfather.
In 1902, McWade debut ...
as Cyrus Holt
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Georgia Caine
Georgiana Caine (October 30, 1876 – April 4, 1964) was an American actress who performed both on Broadway and in more than 80 films in her 51-year career.
Early career
Born in San Francisco, California in 1876, the daughter of two Sha ...
as Miss Huntington
*Owen Davis Jr. as Bud Finney
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Pat Somerset
Pat Somerset (28 February 1897 – 20 April 1974) was an English stage and film actor.
Biography
Born Patrick Holme-Sumner, after appearing in some British silent films early in his career, he moved to the United States.
In 1922 he starred on ...
as Babe Gray
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J. Carrol Naish
Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (January 21, 1896 – January 24, 1973) was an American actor. He appeared in over 200 films during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
He became a dialect specialist, and was called upon to play character roles of many na ...
as Charlie Hattrick
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Henry Kolker
Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874 – July 15, 1947) was an American stage and film actor and film director, director.
Early years
Kolker was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1874. (Some sources say 1870.) He came to America at age five and w ...
as Butler
References
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1930 films
Fox Film films
American crime films
1930 crime films
Films directed by William K. Howard
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
English-language crime films
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