Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Worthington Miner

Writers:

Wilhelm Speyer (play)
Francis Edward Faragoh (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 August 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Gunfire | Casino Card Game | Trial | Romantic Rivalry | Alibi

Cast

Ricardo Cortez	...	Robert Mitchell
Barbara Robbins	...	Dorothea Mitchell
John Beal	...	Jerry Hutchins
Dorothy Burgess	...	Ann Brewster
Paul Harvey	...	The Prosecuting Attorney
Sara Haden	...	Mitchell's Secretary
Margaret Hamilton	...	Madame Du Barry
David Durand	...	Thomas Sullivan
Murray Kinnell	...	The Judge
Frederick Sullivan	...	The Court Clerk
Gayle Evers	...	Gretchen - Saleslady

Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #54) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

This was originally intended to be a John Barrymore vehicle. However Barrymore's alcoholism was catching up with him and his memory repeatedly failed. After three days of production with virtually nothing shot, the producers were forced to replace him with Ricardo Cortez.

Movie Connections:

Remade as A Night of Adventure (1944)

Well.... I almost saw all of it!

This is an interesting film, somewhat of a departure for Ricardo Cortez from the dapper ladies man he generally portrayed in films of this period. He is a dreamer, a man who has been in love, is divorced, but is still in love with his wife. He also has to endure the reality of his 'ex' and a younger man who are now doing 'light housekeeping'. The script's OK, not great, but economical and to the point. Cortez is a lawyer who must defend his ex-wife's present lover on a murder rap, and does so against his better wishes. But he knows a lot more about the murder charge than he lets on. This flick came on late at night in the city, and the station cut the tail end of the flick so I couldn't comment on the end...because I ain't seen it. They gave the film short shrift, which is a drag. However, knowing the Hayes code of the period, I am almost certain that I could write the ending without having seen it, and it wouldn't be too terribly far removed from the ending that I did not see, thanks to the neglect of the local TV station. Be that as it may, the part I saw was slightly above average for 'B' film fare of the period.