The Gorilla (1930)

Director:

Bryan Foy

Writers:

Ralph Spence (play)
Ralph Spence (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

2 November 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

Thrilling! Chilling! Killing Mystery Comedy!

Plot:

A series of murders that take place in an old, dark mansion are suspected of being committed by an ape. |

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Lost Film | Based On Play

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Joe Frisco	...	Garrity
Harry Gribbon	...	Mulligan
Walter Pidgeon	...	Arthur Marsden
Lila Lee	...	Alice Denby
Purnell Pratt	...	The Stranger
Edwin Maxwell	...	Cyrus Stevens
Roscoe Karns	...	Simmons
William H. Philbrick	...	Jeff
Landers Stevens	...	Inspector

Runtime:

USA:70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Vitaphone (Western Electric Sound System)

Company:

First National Pictures

Trivia:

In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930's, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Gorilla (1939)

Stop talking about movies you haven't seen!

I've seen this so many times on here: long-winded dissertations about movies that are supposedly lost (witness "London After Midnight!"). How can someone truly discuss something that doesn't even EXIST anymore? (Isn't that something akin to various religious groups prohibiting some movie because it's blasphemous, despite the fact that no one in that group has ever seen the movie?)

Three possible apologies are in order before the fact, though: 1. The previous commentator (the one who set me off on this) is old enough to HAVE seen the movie. 2. All the rest of us are wrong, and the movie IS extant (PLEASE tell us where to find it!!!) 3. Just an apology of my own, for having used this forum for a brief editorial.