Wild Company


1h 11m 1930

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Release Date
Jul 5, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Soft Shoulders" by Philip Hurn (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 11m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
6,666ft (8 reels)

Synopsis

While influential citizen Henry Grayson is celebrating the election of a "reform" mayor, his children, Larry and Anita, are partying at a beachclub. Larry becomes intoxicated; and abandoned by Natalie, his sweetheart, he pays a visit to a speakeasy, where he meets a singer named Sally. Her boyfriend, Joe Hardy, a racketeer, advises her to make a play for Larry so that his father's influence might be invoked in the future. The boy becomes infatuated and showers Sally with costly gifts at his father's expense; angered at his father's reproval, he leaves home and is implicated by Hardy in the robbing of a roadhouse safe. Grayson, Sr., forces a confession from his son, implicating Sally and Hardy, then turns the trio over to the police. Although Larry is convicted of manslaughter, the sentence is suspended and he is paroled in the custody of his father for 5 years. ...

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Release Date
Jul 5, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Soft Shoulders" by Philip Hurn (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 11m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
6,666ft (8 reels)

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