Wikipedia

Young Donovan's Kid: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 17:
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $279,000<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57</ref>
| gross = $618,000<ref name="rko"/>
}}
 
'''''Young Donovan's Kid''''' is a 1931 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[melodrama film]] directed by [[Fred Niblo]], from a screenplay by [[J. Walter Ruben]], based upon the short story, ''Big Brother'', by [[Rex Beach]]. It was a remake of a 1923 [[Big Brother (1923 film)|silent film of the same]], produced by [[Famous Players-LaskyPlayers–Lasky]], and directed by [[Allan Dwan]]. This version starred [[Richard Dix (actor)|Richard Dix]], [[Jackie Cooper]] (who was on loan to RKO from [[Hal Roach Studios]]), and [[Marion Shilling]]. The film also featured [[Boris Karloff]] in a supporting role as "Cokey Joe".
 
==Plot==
Line 63:
 
==Notes==
This film is a remake of the [[Famous Players-LaskyPlayers–Lasky]] 1923 film ''[[Big Brother (1923 film)|Big Brother]]'', directed by [[Allan Dwan]], and starring [[Tom Moore (actor)|Tom Moore]], [[Edith Roberts (actress)|Edith Roberts]] and [[Mickey Bennett]].<ref name=AFI /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2850 |title=Big Brother |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=December 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329145335/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2850 |archive-date=March 29, 2014}}</ref>
 
The film was originally going to be title ''Born to the Racket'', but was changed to ''Young Donovan's Kid'' in April 1931.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Motion Picture Herald | title=Dix Pix Title Changed to "Young Donovan's Kid" | date=April 25, 1931 | access-date=August 27, 2014 | page=56 | url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpictureher103unse#page/n509/mode/2up/search/%22Donovan's+Kid%22}}</ref>
Line 90:
[[Category:Films based on works by Rex Beach]]
[[Category:Sound film remakes of silent films]]
[[Category:Melodrama1930s melodrama films]]
[[Category:1930s American films]]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Donovan%27s_Kid"