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Director
  
William A. Wellman

Music director
  
Hugo Riesenfeld

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Producer
  
Walter Wanger

Language
  
English

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Writer
  
Rex Stout
,
Carey Wilson
,
Cedric Worth

Release date
  
November 17, 1934 (1934-11-17)

Cast
  
Edward Arnold
(Secretary of War Wardell),
Arthur Byron
(President Stanley Craig),
Paul Kelly
(Chick Moffat),
Peggy Conklin
(Alma Cronin),
Andy Devine
(Val Orcott),
Janet Beecher
(Mrs. Craig)

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The president vanishes 1934 movie review


The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.

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Upon its release, the film was praised for its ensemble cast but author John Douglas Eames, in his 1985 book The Paramount Story, stated that even with "an accomplished cast and an out-of-the-rut story, but The President Vanishes couldn't buck moviegoers' apathy towards political subjects".

Premise

The film follows the story of The President Vanishes.

Cast

  • Edward Arnold — Secretary of War Wardell
  • Arthur Byron — President Craig Stanley
  • Paul Kelly — Chick Moffat
  • Peggy Conklin — Alma Cronin
  • Andy Devine — Val Orcott
  • Janet Beecher — Mrs. Stanley
  • Osgood Perkins — Harris Brownell
  • Sidney Blackmer — D.L. Voorman
  • Edward Ellis — Lincoln Lee
  • Hays Code

    Upon its release in 1934, The President Vanishes was named by the National Legion of Decency — an organization of the United States Catholic Church — as one of Hollywood's problematic and "immoral" films. The Catholic Church demanded an implementation and enforcement of a set of industry censorship guidelines to control and remove content that the church saw as immoral. Threatened by a large scale boycott of all Hollywood films, Will H. Hays, then president of Motion Picture Association of America, came to an agreement with the church that saw the establishment of Production Code Administration and passage of the Motion Picture Production Code, also known as Hays Code. The Hays Code was in use from 1934 until 1968 when it was abandoned in favor of the MPAA film rating system.

    Reception

    The film recorded a loss of $145,948.

    References

    The President Vanishes (film) Wikipedia
    The President Vanishes (film) IMDb The President Vanishes (film) themoviedb.org