Spendthrift (film)

1936 film by Raoul Walsh

July 22, 1936 (1936-07-22)

Running time

80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$344,332^[1]Box office$278,085^[1]

Spendthrift is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian and George Barbier. It was produced by Walter Wanger for release by Paramount Pictures.^[2]

Plot

The once fabulously wealthy Townsend Middleton has to sell his polo horses in order to enter his filly Black Mamba in the Kentucky Derby. He loses everything he has left, but then marries gold-digging Sally Barnaby who mistakenly believes he is still a millionaire. Valerie, Middleton's loyal trainer manages to hide Black Mamba so it isn't repossessed by his creditors. Despite being broke, Middleton finds it impossible to resists his new wife's extravagant demands. Ultimately Middleton realizes he is better suited to Valerie and, with the help of a very wealthy uncle, he restores his fortunes while Black Mamba wins a key race.

Cast

Henry Fonda as Townsend Middleton
Pat Paterson as Valerie 'Boots' O'Connell
Mary Brian as Sally Barnaby
George Barbier as Uncle Morton Middleton
Edward Brophy as Bill McGuire
Richard Carle as Popsy
J.M. Kerrigan as Pop O'Connell
Spencer Charters as Col. Barnaby
June Brewster as Topsy Martin
Halliwell Hobbes as Beuhl - the Butler
Jerry Mandy as Enrico
Miki Morita as Valet
Greta Meyer as Hilda - the Maid
Robert Strange as Ransom

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $126,925.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p437
^ "Spendthrift". TCM. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

External links

Spendthrift at IMDb

Films directed by Raoul Walsh

1910s

Regeneration (1915)
Peer Gynt (1915)
Carmen (1915)
Blue Blood and Red (1916)
The Serpent (1916)
The Honor System (1917)
The Silent Lie (1917)
Betrayed (1917)
The Conqueror (1917)
The Pride of New York (1917)
The Innocent Sinner (1917)
On the Jump (1918)
The Prussian Cur (1918)
Every Mother's Son (1918)
I'll Say So (1918)
Evangeline (1919)
Should a Husband Forgive? (1919)

1920s

The Deep Purple (1920)
The Oath (1921)
Kindred of the Dust (1922)
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (1923)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
East of Suez (1925)
The Spaniard (1925)
The Wanderer (1925)
The Lucky Lady (1926)
The Lady of the Harem (1926)
What Price Glory? (1926)
The Monkey Talks (1927)
The Loves of Carmen (1927)
Sadie Thompson (1928)
The Red Dance (1928)
Me, Gangster (1928)
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
Hot for Paris (1929)

1930s

The Big Trail (1930)
The Man Who Came Back (1931)
Women of All Nations (1931)
The Yellow Ticket (1931)
Wild Girl (1932)
Me and My Gal (1932)
Sailor's Luck (1933)
Hello, Sister! (1933)
The Bowery (1933)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Under Pressure (1935)
Baby Face Harrington (1935)
Every Night at Eight (1935)
Klondike Annie (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Spendthrift (1936)
Artists and Models (1937)
Hitting a New High (1937)
O.H.M.S. (1937)
Jump for Glory (1937)
College Swing (1938)
St. Louis Blues (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)

1940s

Dark Command (1940)
They Drive by Night (1940)
High Sierra (1941)
The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
Manpower (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Desperate Journey (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Background to Danger (1943)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
Uncertain Glory (1944)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
The Man I Love (1947)
Pursued (1947)
Cheyenne (1947)
Silver River (1948)
Fighter Squadron (1948)
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
Colorado Territory (1949)
White Heat (1949)

1950s

Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Distant Drums (1951)
Glory Alley (1952)
The World in His Arms (1952)
Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
The Lawless Breed (1953)
Sea Devils (1953)
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Gun Fury (1953)
Saskatchewan (1954)
Battle Cry (1955)
The Tall Men (1955)
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
The King and Four Queens (1956)
Band of Angels (1957)
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
A Private's Affair (1959)

1960s

v t e Films produced by Walter Wanger
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Films produced by Walter Wanger