Captain Applejack

1930
Passed
1 Std. 3 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.

Regie
- Hobart Henley
Drehbuch
- Walter C. Hackett
- Maude Fulton
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,5/10

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IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Hobart Henley
Drehbuch
- Walter C. Hackett
- Maude Fulton
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Wissenswertes
Although this film was in the Associated Artists Productions (AAP) film library purchased from Warner Bros. in 1956, legal complications prevented it from being telecast until it finally appeared on the Turner Classic Movies schedule Monday 10 July 1995.

Patzer
In the scene where Poppy and Anna meet, just before they leave the room, a fly is seen crawling on the left cheek and ear of Kay Strozzi. Scene is cut to Mary Brian and then back to Kay again, where the fly once again lands on her, this time on the right cheek.

Verbindungen
Version of Strangers of the Night (1923)

Soundtracks
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
(uncredited)
Music by R. Melish (1780)
Lyrics (poem to Celia) by Ben Jonson
Played on a bass violin by John Halliday

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Ausgewählte Rezension

4/10

Not About To Be Revived

A little bit of research on the Broadway Database website confirms that the play Captain Applejack ran for 195 performances in the 1921-1922. It's the kind of fluff that people went to the theater to see back in the day, but wouldn't have any great audience today.

Watching it this morning two things struck me. It reminded a whole lot of George M. Cohan's Seven Keys To Baldpate which also takes place on a windswept stormy night with a group of strange characters intruding on someone's privacy. Further research shows that the producer on Broadway was Sam Harris, Cohan's producing partner who probably thought he had another similar show on his hands.

I also thought how perfect Leslie Howard or Ronald Colman would have been for the part. The film would be more well known today had either of them done it, though John Halliday does a fine job in the lead. He plays a comfortable squire with an estate in Cornwall who yearns for a more exciting life and expresses same to ward Mary Brian. Before long he's besieged by visitors who are giving him all kinds of stories and he discovers the family fortune may have had its foundation in stolen pirate loot.

Captain Applejack is a most dated item, fortunate indeed to have been preserved in both a silent and sound film. I doubt you'll see it revived on Broadway any time soon.