From Hell to Heaven (1933)

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways. .

Director:

Erle C. Kenton

Writers:

Sidney Buchman, Lawrence Hazard (play),

Stars:

Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie, Adrienne Ames

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Carole Lombard	...	Colly Tanner
Jack Oakie	...	Charlie Bayne
Adrienne Ames	...	Joan Burt
David Manners	...	Wesley Burt
Sidney Blackmer	...	Cliff Billings
Verna Hillie	...	Sonnie Lockwood
James Eagles	...	Tommy Tucker
Shirley Grey	...	Winnie Lloyd
Bradley Page	...	Jack Ruby
Walter Walker	...	Pop Lockwood
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Berton Churchill	...	Toledo Jones
Cecil Cunningham	...	Mrs. Chadman
Rita La Roy	...	Elsie
Clarence Muse	...	Sam
Nydia Westman	...	Sue Wells

Storyline

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways. .

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Plot Keywords:

horse | hotel | racing | based on play

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 February 1933 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min 51 min (DVD) (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the January shooting for this movie, Carole Lombard, shivering in summer attire, turned to her warmly dressed crew and shouted, "All right, you warm, bloody bastards, what's good for one is good for all! I'm not shooting till I see every one of you down to your jockey shorts!" Much to her delight, the crew complied.

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Connections

Referenced in 29th Telluride Film Festival Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2002: Terry Gilliam Interviewed by Salman Rushdie (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Please"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin

User Reviews

Good effort to keep viewer's interest with multiple story-lines.

This film started out slowly and I was expecting a real stinker. However, each and every story-line as it developed caught my interest and sympathy. Carole Lombard's part here is very small and she is perhaps the least interesting character of them all. I must admit, there may be something I'm missing because the excellent print that I viewed was 51 minutes long and the documentation says it should be 70 minutes in length. Jack Oakie's part as the announcer at the track was very smooth and entertaining. He brings a little comic relief. It was nice to see Sidney Blackmer from the Cary Grant movie "People will Talk" and an episode of "The Outer Limits" as Lombard's love interest. Each couple bets on a different horse in the race and I really was on edge to see who of the many likable characters would win. The innovative scene at the track where the camera is placed on a long boom which swings in and out at different locations in the stands and focuses on one couple at a time is interesting if not dizzying.