Director: OTTO BROWER. Screenplay: Philip White. Based on the Cosmopolitan Magazine story, "All for Love", by Peter B. Kyne. Photography: Harry Neumann, Tom Galligan. Film editor: Mildred Johnston. Production manager: Sidney Algier. Assistant director: Wilbur McGaugh. Sound recording: L.E. Tope. Recorded at Tec-Art Studios on RCA Photophone Sound System. Producer: M.H. Hoffman Jr.
Not copyrighted by Allied Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: 15 January 1932. 59 minutes.
COMMENT: Even if you were a famous, super-popular author like Peter B. "Three Godfathers" Kyne, magazines like Cosmopolitan and The Saturday Evening Post used to demand certain standards in all submissions. The manuscript had to be strongly plotted, for instance, with three or four neat twists, stings and surprises. It was also essential the locale of the story be vividly drawn, and the main protagonists of its clever plot be colorfully characterized.
"The Local Bad Man" fills all these requirements in spades, both in print and on the screen. In fact, thanks to ingratiating performances all around, but particular from Hoot, Sally and Skeeter, "The Local Bad Man" is far more entertaining to watch than to read.
Brower's skillful direction gets the best out of a budget which allowed for a fair amount of location filming, action scenes and background extras. Photography and other credits also appeal.
Not copyrighted by Allied Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: 15 January 1932. 59 minutes.
COMMENT: Even if you were a famous, super-popular author like Peter B. "Three Godfathers" Kyne, magazines like Cosmopolitan and The Saturday Evening Post used to demand certain standards in all submissions. The manuscript had to be strongly plotted, for instance, with three or four neat twists, stings and surprises. It was also essential the locale of the story be vividly drawn, and the main protagonists of its clever plot be colorfully characterized.
"The Local Bad Man" fills all these requirements in spades, both in print and on the screen. In fact, thanks to ingratiating performances all around, but particular from Hoot, Sally and Skeeter, "The Local Bad Man" is far more entertaining to watch than to read.
Brower's skillful direction gets the best out of a budget which allowed for a fair amount of location filming, action scenes and background extras. Photography and other credits also appeal.