Pick-Up (1933 film)

Pick-Up is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft.

Pick-Up
Sylvia Sidney and George Raft
Directed byMarion Gering
Produced byB. P. Schulberg
Written byViña Delmar
Based onmagazine serial by Vina Delmar
StarringSylvia Sidney
George Raft
Music byW. Franke Harling
CinematographyDavid Abel
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Mary Richards gets out of prison after two years. She went inside because of her husband Jim, who she married not knowing he was a criminal. When she gets out she ducks into a cab run by Harry Glynn to get out of the rain.

Cast
Poster for Pick-Up, starring Sylvia Sidney

Production

The film was based on a short story by Vina Delmar which was voted one of the best short stories of 1928–29.[1]

Film rights were bought by Paramount who announced in May 1932 the film would star Carole Lombard and George Raft.[2] Then Raft was replaced by Gary Cooper. Eventually in October 1932 Sylvia Sidney and George Raft were cast, Raft replacing Cooper, who had been held up making a movie at MGM.[3][4] Raft and Sidney would reteam several times.[5]

In September Courtney Terret was working on the script.[6]

Marion Gering was assigned to direct in November 1932.[7]

Filming took place in early 1933.[8]

The posters' Pre-Code tagline was "Pick-Up will make Bad Girl look like Sweet Sue from Keokuk!"

Reception

The film was a box office hit.[9] The New York Times called it "a good example of a mediocre story which derives a measure of effectiveness from the engaging personalities of its stars."[10]

References
  1. VINA DELMAR (April 14, 1929). "PICK-UP: No. 1. THE WORLD'S BEST SHORT STORIES; 1929". The Washington Post. p. SM2.
  2. "Studio Newsreel". Los Angeles Times. May 8, 1932. p. B13.l.
  3. "Author may make audible film of "birth of a nation" -- other items". New York Times. January 22, 1933. p. X5.
  4. "HOLLYWOOD IN REVIEW". New York Times. October 30, 1932. p. X5.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (February 9, 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft". Filmink.
  6. "EUROPE LURES SCREEN STARS". Los Angeles Times. September 14, 1932. p. 11.
  7. "Young Player Finds Stage Fright Useful". Los Angeles Times. November 4, 1932. p. A7.
  8. "Button, Button, Etc". Los Angeles Times. February 19, 1933. p. A3.
  9. Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p. 37
  10. A.D.S. (March 25, 1933). "The Girl and the Cabby". New York Times. p. 13.


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