The Good Old Soak
| The Good Old Soak | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | J. Walter Ruben |
| Produced by | Harry Rapf |
| Written by | A.E. Thomas |
| Based on | the play by Don Marquis |
| Starring | Wallace Beery Una Merkel Eric Linden Judith Barrett |
| Music by | Edward Ward |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Editing by | Frank Sullivan |
| Studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | April 23, 1937 (Location) |
| Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Good Old Soak is a 1937 drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben, with a screenplay by A. E. Thomas based upon the stage play of the same name by Don Marquis. The film stars Wallace Beery with a supporting cast of Una Merkel, Eric Linden, Betty Furness, and Ted Healy.
According to E.J. Fleming's book The Fixers about MGM's legendary "fixers" Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling, Wallace Beery, gangster Pasquale "Pat" DiCicco, and Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli allegedly beat comedian Ted Healy, organizer and original leader of the Three Stooges (originally known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges") to death in a brawl the year after the film's release. Beery was sent to Europe for four months by the studio, while a story accusing three college students of Healy's death was concocted to appease the public. A superb pencil drawing of Beery, drawn on a film set by Healy, survives.
[edit] Cast
- Wallace Beery as Clem Hawley
- Una Merkel as Nellie
- Eric Linden as Clemmie Hawley
- Judith Barrett as Ina Heath
- Betty Furness as Lucy Hawley
- Ted Healy as Al Simmons
- Janet Beecher as Matilda Hawley
- George Sidney as Kennedy
- Robert McWade as Webster Parsons
- James Bush as Tom Ogden
- Margaret Hamilton as Minnie
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