By Violet LeVoit
Night Parade
Brief Synopsis
A woman tries to seduce a champion boxer into throwing a fight for the mob.
Cast & Crew
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Malcolm St. Clair
Director
Hugh Trevor
Bobby Murray
Lloyd Ingraham
Tom Murray
Dorothy Gulliver
Doris
Aileen Pringle
Paula Vernoff
Robert Ellis
John Zelli
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Release Date
Oct
27,
1929
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
RKO Productions
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Ringside" by George Abbott, Edward Paramore and Hyatt Daab (publication undetermined).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 11m
Sound
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,665ft
(8 reels)
Synopsis
Middleweight champion Bobby Murray is expected to be defeated in a forthcoming bout with McCabe, an opinion shared by sportswriter Sid Durham, who nevertheless respects Tom Murray, the boy's father and manager. John Zelli, a gambling racketeer, induces Paula Vernoff to lure Bobby into secret meetings; and befuddled by drink and Paula's urging, he agrees to throw the fight. Durham learns of the sellout and informs Tom; Bobby confesses and at the same time learns that Doris, a childhood friend, loves him. Tom takes out revenge on Zelli, and just as Bobby seems sure to be defeated in the ring, the arrival of his father and Doris spurs him on to win.
Director
Malcolm St. Clair
Director
Cast
Hugh Trevor
Bobby Murray
Lloyd Ingraham
Tom Murray
Dorothy Gulliver
Doris
Aileen Pringle
Paula Vernoff
Robert Ellis
John Zelli
Lee Shumway
Sid Durham
Ann Pennington
Dancer
Charles Sullivan
Huffy
Walter Kane
Jake
Barney Furey
Bennie
James Dugan
Artie
Nate Slott
Phil
Marie Astaire
Ethel
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Release Date
Oct
27,
1929
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
RKO Productions
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Ringside" by George Abbott, Edward Paramore and Hyatt Daab (publication undetermined).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 11m
Sound
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,665ft
(8 reels)
Articles
Night Parade -
There's no hope for middleweight boxer Bobby Murray (Hugh Trevor). Nobody thinks he's going to win his next match, except maybe his manager (and father) Tom (Lloyd Ingraham). So it makes sense to throw the fight - and if Bobby's having trouble making up his mind, oddsman Zelli (Robert Ellis) sends pretty Paula (Aileen Pringle) to kiss some sense into him. Pringle, who bore a resemblance to grande dame naughty book authoress Elinor Glyn, also starred in the adaptation of Glyn's scandalous romance Three Weeks (1924). That, along with her off-screen friendships with intellectuals like H.L. Mencken, added a haughty, intellectual aura to her screen mystique - useful in some roles, but challenging in others. (". . . she is not really the hard-boiled type she is portraying", sniffed The New York Times.) Still, this early boxing movie is an interesting contrast to later interpretations of life in the ring, like The Champ (1931) and Kid Galahad (1937). (Fans of Art Deco will also feast their eyes on Paula's lusciously decorated apartment.)
By Violet LeVoit
By Violet LeVoit
Night Parade -
There's no hope for middleweight boxer Bobby Murray (Hugh Trevor). Nobody thinks he's going to win his next match, except maybe his manager (and father) Tom (Lloyd Ingraham). So it makes sense to throw the fight - and if Bobby's having trouble making up his mind, oddsman Zelli (Robert Ellis) sends pretty Paula (Aileen Pringle) to kiss some sense into him. Pringle, who bore a resemblance to grande dame naughty book authoress Elinor Glyn, also starred in the adaptation of Glyn's scandalous romance Three Weeks (1924). That, along with her off-screen friendships with intellectuals like H.L. Mencken, added a haughty, intellectual aura to her screen mystique - useful in some roles, but challenging in others. (". . . she is not really the hard-boiled type she is portraying", sniffed The New York Times.) Still, this early boxing movie is an interesting contrast to later interpretations of life in the ring, like The Champ (1931) and Kid Galahad (1937). (Fans of Art Deco will also feast their eyes on Paula's lusciously decorated apartment.)
By Violet LeVoit
