By Violet LeVoit
Children of Pleasure
Brief Synopsis
A Jewish songwriter forsakes his heritage for a society girl.
Cast & Crew
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Harry Beaumont
Director
Lawrence Gray
Danny Regan
Wynne Gibson
Emma Gray
Helen Johnson
Pat Thayer
Kenneth Thompson
Rod Peck
Lee Kohlmar
Bernie
Film Details
Genre
Musical
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
Apr
26,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Song Writer by Crane Wilbur (New York, 13 Aug 1928).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 10m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,400ft
(9 reels)
Synopsis
Danny Regan, an up-and-coming songwriter, becomes enamored of Pat Thayer, an heiress, but on the night before the wedding, he finds that Pat considers their marriage to be a trial experiment and plans to continue her affair with his understudy. Incensed, he disappears, and later his office coworker, Emma, who has been his constant friend, agrees to marry him. After a drinking spree, Danny awakens, believing that he is married to Emma. He soon discovers that Emma, thinking that he still was in love with Pat, did not go through with the ceremony. Having learned his lesson, he finds that Emma is the girl for him, after all.
Director
Harry Beaumont
Director
Cast
Lawrence Gray
Danny Regan
Wynne Gibson
Emma Gray
Helen Johnson
Pat Thayer
Kenneth Thompson
Rod Peck
Lee Kohlmar
Bernie
May Boley
Fanny Kaye
Benny Rubin
Andy Little
Crew
Fred E. Ahlert
Composer
David Cox
Wardrobe
Fred Fisher
Composer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Director
Percy Hilburn
Director of Photography
Howard Johnson
Composer
Sammy Lee
Dances staged by
Reggie Montgomery
Composer
Andy Rice
Composer
Richard Schayer
Scen
Blanche Sewell
Film Editor
Douglas Shearer
Recording Engineer
George Todd
Film Editor
Roy Turk
Composer
George Ward
Composer
Crane Wilbur
Dial
Film Details
Genre
Musical
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
Apr
26,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Song Writer by Crane Wilbur (New York, 13 Aug 1928).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 10m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,400ft
(9 reels)
Articles
Children of Pleasure -
Lawrence Gray had been laboring as an also-ran in pictures like The Patsy (1928) before nailing this lead role, in this morality play about a songwriter (Gray) who overlooks the faithful attentions of his constant pal Pat (Judith Wood) in favor of a glitzy playgirl (Wynne Gibson). He wins the trophy gal, only to be chagrined the night before their wedding to learn she has no interest in giving up her own dalliances. When he goes on a bender, will he realize honest, faithful Pat is the bride for him after all? Adapted from Crane Wilbur's play The Song Writer, this early sound film had some of its musical numbers like "Dust" shot in Technicolor, but for unknown reasons the theatrical release only includes black and white renditions. However, a young (and uncredited) Ann Dvorak can be seen as a chorine in some black and white musical sequences, and the unused Technicolor resurfaced four years later in the comedic short Roast Beef And Movies (1934).
By Violet LeVoit
By Violet LeVoit
Children of Pleasure -
Lawrence Gray had been laboring as an also-ran in pictures like The Patsy (1928) before nailing this lead role, in this morality play about a songwriter (Gray) who overlooks the faithful attentions of his constant pal Pat (Judith Wood) in favor of a glitzy playgirl (Wynne Gibson). He wins the trophy gal, only to be chagrined the night before their wedding to learn she has no interest in giving up her own dalliances. When he goes on a bender, will he realize honest, faithful Pat is the bride for him after all? Adapted from Crane Wilbur's play The Song Writer, this early sound film had some of its musical numbers like "Dust" shot in Technicolor, but for unknown reasons the theatrical release only includes black and white renditions. However, a young (and uncredited) Ann Dvorak can be seen as a chorine in some black and white musical sequences, and the unused Technicolor resurfaced four years later in the comedic short Roast Beef And Movies (1934).
By Violet LeVoit
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Trivia
The play opened in New York on 13 August 1928.
