''Spendthrift'' is a 1936 American
romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He w ...
, starring
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics.
Born and rai ...
,
Pat Paterson
Pat Paterson (born Eliza Paterson; 10 April 1910 – 24 August 1978) was an English film actress. Although she made more than 20 films, she is best known as the wife of actor Charles Boyer.
Childhood and early life
Paterson was born on 10 Apri ...
,
Mary Brian
Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American actress who made the transition from silent films to sound films.
Early life
Brian was born in Corsicana, Texas, the daughter of Taurrence J. ...
and
George Barbier and released by
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
.
Cast
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Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics.
Born and rai ...
as Townsend Middleton
*
Pat Paterson
Pat Paterson (born Eliza Paterson; 10 April 1910 – 24 August 1978) was an English film actress. Although she made more than 20 films, she is best known as the wife of actor Charles Boyer.
Childhood and early life
Paterson was born on 10 Apri ...
as Valerie 'Boots' O'Connell
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Mary Brian
Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American actress who made the transition from silent films to sound films.
Early life
Brian was born in Corsicana, Texas, the daughter of Taurrence J. ...
as Sally Barnaby
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George Barbier as Uncle Morton Middleton
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Edward Brophy
Edward Santree Brophy (February 27, 1895 – May 27, 1960) was an American character actor and comedian, as well as an assistant director and second unit director during the 1920s. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently ...
as Bill McGuire
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Richard Carle
Richard Carle (born Charles Nicholas Carleton, July 7, 1871 – June 28, 1941) was an American stage and film actor as well as a playwright and stage director. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1941.
Carle was born in Som ...
as Popsy
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J.M. Kerrigan
Joseph Michael Kerrigan (16 December 1884 – 29 April 1964) was an Irish actor.
Early life
Joseph Michael Kerrigan was born on 16 December 1884 in Dublin, which was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at that time. H ...
as Pop O'Connell
*
Spencer Charters
Spencer Charters (March 25, 1875 – January 25, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1920 and 1943, mostly in small supporting roles.
Biography
Charters was born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania. Until ...
as Col. Barnaby
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June Brewster
June Brewster (August 8, 1913 – November 2, 1995) was an American film actress of the 1930s.
Selected filmography
* ''The Sport Parade'' (1932)
* ''Goldie Gets Along'' (1933)
* ''Meet the Baron'' (1933)
* ''Headline Shooter'' (1933)
* '' ...
as Topsy Martin
*
Halliwell Hobbes
Herbert Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 187720 February 1962) was an English actor.
Early years
The future actor was the son of William Albert Hobbes (1841-1909), a Warwickshire solicitor, and his wife, Marion Hobbes, née Dennis, (1838-1925). ...
as Beuhl - the Butler
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Jerry Mandy
Jerry Mandy (June 5, 1892 – May 1, 1945) was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1923 and 1945. He was born in Utica, New York and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
Selected filmography
* ''North Sta ...
as Enrico
*
Miki Morita
Mitsugi "Miki" Morita (sometimes credited as Mike Morita) was a Japanese character actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1920s through around 1940. He had worked as a stage actor before beginning his career onscreen.
Partial filmography
*''Sou ...
as Valet
*
Greta Meyer
Greta Meyer (7 August 18838 October 1965) was a German actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era.
Biography
Meyer belonged to a German family that was comparable to the Barrymore family in America. At age 3 she debuted on stag ...
as Hilda - the Maid
*
Robert Strange as Ransom
Reception
The film recorded a loss of $126,925.
References
External links
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1936 films
1930s romance films
Paramount Pictures films
Films produced by Walter Wanger
Films scored by Gerard Carbonara
Films scored by John Leipold
American black-and-white films
American romance films
Films directed by Raoul Walsh
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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