Park Avenue Logger (1937)
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- Passed
- 1h 7min
- Action, Drama
- 16 Mar 1937 (USA)
- Movie
Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the...
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| George O'Brien | ... |
Grant Curran
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| Beatrice Roberts | ... |
Peggy O'Shea
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| Willard Robertson | ... |
Ben Morton
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| Ward Bond | ... |
Paul Sangar
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Bert Hanlon | ... |
Nick
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| Gertrude Short | ... |
Margy MacLean
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| Lloyd Ingraham | ... |
Mike Curran
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| George Rosener | ... |
Matt O'Shea
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| Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... |
Police Sergeant
(as Robert E. O'Connor)
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Don DeLaun | ... |
Wrestler
(as Brother Jonathan)
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Al Baffert | ... |
Logger (uncredited)
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Hal K. Dawson | ... |
Joe--Wrestling Manager (uncredited)
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| Lester Dorr | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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| Frank Hagney | ... |
Logger (uncredited)
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| Otto Hoffman | ... |
Wesley - Justice of Peace (uncredited)
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| Horace Murphy | ... |
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Arthur Thalasso | ... |
Contest Official (uncredited)
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Dave Wengren | ... |
Logger (uncredited)
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Directed by
| David Howard | ||
Written by
| Daniel Jarrett | ... | (screenplay and adaptation) (as Dan Jarrett) and |
| Ewing Scott | ... | (screenplay and adaptation) |
| Bruce Hutchison | ... | (story from "The Saturday Evening Post") |
Produced by
| Leonard Goldstein | ... | associate producer |
| George A. Hirliman | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Frank B. Good | ... | director of photography (as Frank Good) |
Editing by
| Robert O. Crandall | ... | (as Robert Crandall) |
Art Direction by
| Frank Paul Sylos | ... | (as F. Paul Sylos) |
Costume Design by
| Renié | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Charles J. Hunt | ... | production manager (as Charles Hunt) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| George Sherman | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| W.C. Moore | ... | sound recordist |
Music Department
| Abe Meyer | ... | music supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Herbert T. Edwards | ... | presenter (changed-title re-release only) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1937) (United States) (theatrical) (A Radio Picture)
- RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada (1937) (Canada) (theatrical) (as RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada, Ltd.)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1937) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as RKO Radio Pictures, Ltd.)
- RKO Pictures (Australasia) (1937) (Australia) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1937) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kinografen (1938) (Norway) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures de México (1940) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Motion Picture Ventures (1947) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (re-titled)
- Unity Television (1948) (United States) (tv) (as Unity Television Corp.) (re-titled)
- Screen Gems (1956) (United States) (tv) (re-titled)
- Reel Media International (2005) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2007) (World-wide) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
- RCA (high fidelity sound system)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp. This enables him to stay on the job and he soon undercovers how his father is being cheated by the local boss.
Written by Maurice VanAuken |
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| Taglines | Hewn from the Heart of the Timberlands...a Tale of Rugged Men! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film's earliest documented telecasts, under its re-release title of Tall Timber, took place in Cincinnati Wednesday 21 April 1948 on WEWS (Channel 5), in New York City Saturday 12 March 1949 on WATV (Channel 13), and in Salt Lake City Sunday 11 September 1949 on KDYL (Channel 4). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Opening credits are shown on rough tree bark (lumber and logger being a theme of the flick). See more » |