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Line 1: {{short description\|1934 film by Arthur Lubin}} {{Infobox film \| name = Great Gold Gold \| image = File:Great God Gold.jpg ~~\| image_size =~~ \| alt = \| caption = \| director = [[Arthur Lubin]] \| producer = Ben Verschleiser<br>'''executive'''<br>[[Trem Carr]] \| writer = Norman Houston<br>Jefferson Parker \|~~based~~ onbased_on = story by Albert J. Meserow<br>Alynore Darlkhart \| narrator = \| starring = [[Sidney Blackmer]]<br>[[Martha Sleeper]] Line 14 ⟶ 15: \| cinematography = [[Milton R. Krasner]] \| editing = \| studio = Monogram Pictures \| distributor = [[Monogram Pictures]] \| released = ~~15 April~~{{Film date\|1935\|04\|15\|ref1=<ref>SCREEN NOTES. New York Times 3 May 1935: 23. </ref>\|df=y}} \| runtime = 71 mins \| country = United States Line 24 ⟶ 25: \| gross = }} '''''Great God Gold''''' is a 1935 film. It was Arthur Lubin's second film as director.<ref>y, E. S. (1934, Dec 14). Straight from the studios.</ref><ref>{{Cite ~~The Washington Post (1923-1954) Retrieved from~~magazine\|magazine=Diabolique Magazine\|first=Stephen\|last=Vagg\|url=https://~~search.proquest~~diaboliquemagazine.com/~~docview~~the-cinema-of-arthur-lubin/~~150498104~~\|date=14 September 2019\|title=The Cinema of Arthur Lubin}}</ref> ==Plot== In the late ~~1920's~~1920s, "Lucky" John Hart has a reputation as a stock market speculator. He does an interview with reported Phil "Stu" Stuart, which predicts the Wall Street Crash. Hart sells his investments just before the Crash. Later lawyers Simon and Nitto suggest Hart use his reputation to make money in receiverships. Hart agrees in part because he desires Elena, the wife of Nitto's nephew Frank. Elena and Hart begin an affair. Line 32 ⟶ 34: Harper takes over receivership of the Excelsior Hotel whose president George Harper commits suicide. Harper's daughter Marcia seeks revenge. She falls in love with Stu. Frank discovers his wife's infidelity and shoots Frank. ==Cast== [[Sidney Blackmer]] as "Lucky" John Hart Line 41 ⟶ 44: [[Maria Alba]] as Elena Nitto [[John T. Murray]] as Simon Gloria Shea as Gert ==Production== Filming began December 1934. ==Reception== The ''New York Times'' called it "a half hearted attack on the receivership racket... it's feeble as a crusade and sluggish as melodrama."<ref>At the Criterion. F.S.N. New York Times 6 May 1935: 22. </ref> Writing for ''[[The Spectator]]'', [[Graham Greene]] described the film as "an excellent American melodrama", commenting that despite the lack of big-name stars the acting displayed a "delightful vividness" and "even the hats have been carefully chosen: the crookeder the deal, the more flowing the [[brim (hat)\|brim]]".<ref>{{cite journal \|last= Greene\|first= Graham\|~~authorlink~~author-link= Graham Greene\|date= 23 August 1935\|title= Where's George?/The Great God Gold/Boys Will Be Boys/The Murder Man~~\|url=~~ \|journal= [[The Spectator]]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book \|editor-last= ~~John Russel~~Taylor\|editor-first= ~~Taylor~~John Russell\|editor-link= John Russell Taylor\|date= 1980\|title= The Pleasure Dome\|url= https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page/16\|~~location~~page= ~~\|publisher= \|~~[https://archive.org/details/pleasuredomegrah00gree/page=/16 16]\|isbn= 0192812866\|url-access= registration}})</ref> ==References== Line 54 ⟶ 59: ==External links== * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026436/ ''Great God Gold''] at [[~~IMDB~~IMDb]] [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76877/Great-God-Gold/ ''Great God Gold''] at [[TCMDB]] [https://letterboxd.com/film/great-god-gold/ Great God Gold] at Letterbox DVD [https://web.archive.org/web/20190803041058/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b721654a7 Great God Gold] at BFI [https://archive.org/details/variety118-1935-05/page/n100 Review of film] at Variety *[https://free-classic-movies.com/movies-03g/03g-1935-04-15-Great-God-Gold/index.php Complete film] at Classic Movies Line 63 ⟶ 68: [[Category:1934 films]] [[Category:~~American~~1934 crime drama films]] [[Category:1930s crime drama films]]▼ [[Category:Films directed by Arthur Lubin]] [[Category:American crime drama films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:1930s English-language films]] ▲[[Category:1930s ~~crime drama~~American films]] [[Category:English-language crime drama films]]