Up Pops the Devil (1931)
1h 14m
Running Time
May 19, 1931Release Date
Up Pops the Devil (1931)
1h 14m
Running Time
May 19, 1931Release Date
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Plot.
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is forced to take a job as a dancer in a Broadway show. As the marriage begins to fall apart, complications ensue when she discovers that she's pregnant.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Biney Hatfield
Stuart Erwin
Stranger
Carole Lombard
Anne Merrick
Norman Foster
Steve Merrick
Lilyan Tashman
Polly Griscom
Edward Nugent
George Kent
A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Theodore von Eltz
Gilbert Morrell
Frances Goodrich
Writer
Joyce Compton
Luella May Carroll
Albert Hackett
Writer
Eulalie Jensen
Mrs. Kent ('Sugar')
Arthur Kober
Writer
Eve Unsell
Writer
Harry Beresford
Mr. Platt
Karl Struss
Cinematographer
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Wiki.
Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man (Norman Foster) who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife (Carole Lombard) and straining their marriage. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay is based on a 3-act play of the same name written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; the play ran on Broadway for 148 performances from September 1930 to January 1931 at the Theatre Masque.