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Director
  
John Ford

Story by
  
Maude Fulton

Language
  
English

5.6/10
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Genre
  
Comedy

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

The Brat movie poster

Writer
  
S. N. Behrman
,
Maude Fulton
,
Sonya Levien

Release date
  
September 20, 1931 (1931-09-20)

Screenplay
  
Maude Fulton, S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien

Cast
  
Sally O'Neil
,
Alan Dinehart
,
Frank Albertson
,
William Collier Sr.
,
Virginia Cherrill
,
June Collyer

Similar movies
  
Related John Ford movies

The Brat is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, starring Sally O'Neil, and featuring Virginia Cherrill. The film is based on the 1917 play by Maude Fulton. A previous silent film had been made in 1919 with Alla Nazimova. This 1931 screen version has been updated to then contemporary standards i.e. clothing, speech, topics in the news.

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Background

Writer Maude Fulton was an actress as well and starred in the 1917 Broadway premiere of her own play. Two of her co-stars in the play went on to have major film careers, Lewis Stone and Edmund Lowe.

The film was restored in DCP form and exhibited at New York City's Museum of Modern Art in November 2016.

Cast

  • Sally O'Neil as the Brat
  • Alan Dinehart as Macmillan Forester
  • Frank Albertson as Stephen Forester
  • William Collier, Sr. as Judge O"Flaherty
  • Virginia Cherrill as Angela
  • Jane Collyer as Jane
  • J. Farrell MacDonald as Timson, the butler
  • Mary Forbes as Mrs. Forester
  • Albert Gran as Bishop
  • Louise Mackintosh as Lena
  • Margaret Mann as Housekeeper
  • References

    The Brat Wikipedia
    The Brat IMDb The Brat themoviedb.org