Aggie Appleby Maker of Men (1933)

Director:

Mark Sandrich

Writers:

Joseph Kesselring (play), Humphrey Pearson (screenplay),

Stars:

Charles Farrell, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Charles Farrell	...	Adoniram 'Schlumpy' Schlump / Red Branahan
Wynne Gibson	...	Agnes 'Aggie' Appleby
William Gargan	...	Red Branahan
Zasu Pitts	...	Sybby 'Sib'
Betty Furness	...	Evangeline
Blanche Friderici	...	Aunt Katherine

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

love affair | playing card | fistfight | snob | unemployment | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 November 1933 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cupid in the Rough

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The play was copyrighted on 3 December 1932, but had no Broadway performances.

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Soundtracks

"Give My Regards to Broadway"
(1904)
Written by George M. Cohan
Part of a medley in the score during the opening credits

User Reviews

Winning Depression Era Romantic Comedy

The Depression era comes alive in this film about a waitress (Wynne Gibson) who falls in love with a street-fighting hoodlum, Red Branagan (William Gargan). When Branagan goes to prison for beating up some cops, Aggie is left broke and on her own, eventually meeting Adoniram Schlump (Charles Farrell), a rich sissy from Upstate trying to make it in the big city. Under Aggie's tutelage, Schlump takes on Branagan's identity and his combativeness. Then the real Branagan gets out of prison....

Gibson and Gargan are particularly good as a couple of tough New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet, and Farrell (reminiscent here of Harold Lloyd, whom he slightly resembled) comes alive as a neurotic rich boy who finds success as a brawler. The film's use of slang is especially entertaining -- dated, but colorful. (Aggie tells Schlump: "Stop talking like a lollipop. Use some words with hair on them.")

Can't help wondering whether the film's clever title would have been possible a year or two later, with the coming of the Production Code.