The Devil to Pay! (film)
| The Devil to Pay! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Screenplay by | Frederick Lonsdale Benjamin Glazer |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Loretta Young Florence Britton Frederick Kerr Myrna Loy |
| Studio | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | December 18, 1930 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
The Devil to Pay! (1930) is a motion picture directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Frederick Lonsdale and Benjamin Glazer.
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[edit] Plot
After selling his house and belongings in East Africa, upper-class black sheep Willie Hale (Colman) returns home to England, where he buys a dog and charms his rich father, Lord Leeland (Kerr), into giving him more money.
After reuniting with his old girlfriend, actress Mary Crayle (Loy), he meets and falls in love with heiress Dorothy Hope (Young). Dorothy then breaks her engagement to Grand Duke Paul (Cavanagh) because she finds bankrupt Willie far more charming. He also makes Willie agree to stop seeing Mary.
Mistakenly thinking he has breached this agreement, Dorothy pays Willie off. He sends the money to destitute Paul, who gladly accepts it, showing both Willie's and Paul's true characters to Dorothy. When Dorothy and Willie make up, Lord Leeland laughingly informs them that Dorothy's father is making them a wedding present of a sheep farm in Australia. At least if Willie goes broke this time, Dorothy's father is footing the bill, not him.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Ronald Colman as Willie Hale
- Frederick Kerr as Lord Leland
- Loretta Young as Dorothy Hope
- David Torrence as Mr Hope
- Florence Britton as Susan Hale
- Myrna Loy as Mary Crayle
- Paul Cavanagh as Grand Duke Paul
- Crauford Kent as Arthur
[edit] References
- ^ Frank, Sam, Ronald Colman, A Bio-Bibliography (1997) p. 89
