Diamond Jim (1935) - film review

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Diamond Jim is an American film first released in 1935, directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The film is based on a novel by Parker Morell and stars Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero and Eric Blore. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Script: Harry Clork, Doris Malloy, Parker Morell (novel), Preston Sturges
Photo: George Robinson
Music: Franz Waxman, Ferde Grofé Sr.
Cast: Edward Arnold (Diamond Jim Brady), Jean Arthur (Jane Matthews), Binnie Barnes (Lillian Russell), Cesar Romero (Jerry Richardson), Eric Blore (Sampson Fox), Hugh O’Connell (Charles B. Horsley), George Sidney (Pawnbroker), Robert McWade (A.E. Moore), Charles Sellon (Touchey), Henry Kolker (Bank President), William Demarest (Harry Hill), Albert Conti (Jeweler), Armand Kaliz (Jewelry Salesman), Tully Marshall (Minister), Purnell Pratt (Physician), Helen Brown (Brady’s Mother), Stanley Andrews (Gambler), Sam Appel (Engineer), William Arnold (Man at Racetrack), Irving Bacon (Passenger), Barbara Barondess (Bit Woman), Wade Boteler (Mill Foreman), Harry C. Bradley (Brady’s Secretary), Al Bridge (Poker Player on Train), Daisy Bufford (Maid), Orrin Burke (Man at Bar), Bobby Burns (Waiter), Jack Carlyle (Gambler), Allan Cavan (Bit Man), Eddy Chandler (Engineer), Alex Chivra (Chef), Russ Clark (Mug), Mabel Colcord (Brady’s Aunt), Eddie Collins (Bicycle Act), Gino Corrado (Chef), Dan Crimmins (Tailor), Edwards Davis (Stockbroker), Jean De Briac (Chef), Germaine De Neel (Lillian Russell’s Maid), George DeNormand (Passenger), Kay Deslys (Barmaid), Jimmie Dundee (Gambler), George Ernest (Sullivan (the Boy)), Dot Farley (Bit Woman), Jim Farley (Passenger), Patricia Farley (Chorine), Sam Flint (Man at Bar), Charles K. French (Bit Man), Clarence Geldart (Stockbroker), Joseph W. Girard (Bit Man), Dorothy Granger (Chorine), Frank Hagney (Mug), Charles Hammer (Headwaiter), Otis Harlan (Drunk), Sam Hayes (Announcer), Dell Henderson (Gambler), Al Hill (Fireman), Bill Hoolahahn (John L. Sullivan), Arthur Housman (Souse), Bill Howard (Minister), Arthur Stuart Hull (Stockbroker), Mitchell Ingraham (Man at Bar), Billy Jones (Passenger), Darby Jones (Black Man), Jane Keckley (Minister’s Wife), Lew Kelly (Bartender), Fred Kelsey (Secretary), Emmett King (Stockbroker), John Larkin (Butler), Jean Laverty (Barmaid), Louis LaVoie (Bit Man), Edward LeSaint (Stockbroker), Ralph Lewis (Man at Bar), George MacQuarrie (Stockbroker), Murdock MacQuarrie (Stockbroker), Eily Malyon (Organist), Charles McAvoy (Policeman), Billy McClain (Cook), Francis McDonald (Gambler), J.P. McGowan (Engineer), Malcolm McGregor (Man at Racetrack), Matt McHugh (Bartender), Robert McKenzie (Chef), Addie McPhail (Bit Woman), Greta Meyer (Masseuse), Arthur Millett (Passenger), John Miltern (Briggs), Charles R. Moore (Cook), Edwin Mordant (Man at Bar), Harold Nelson (Stockbroker), Wilfrid North (Stockbroker), Robert Emmett O’Connor (Brady’s Father), Henry Otho (Mug), Marina Passerova (Bit Woman), Bob Perry (Mug), Bernice Pilot (Maid), Lee Prather (Bit Man), George Reed (Porter), Cyril Ring (Fireman), Julian Rivero (Headwaiter), Marshall Ruth (Man at Racetrack), Gay Seabrook (Nurse), C. Montague Shaw (Stockbroker), C.L. Sherwood (Bartender), Herbert Skinner (Cook), John St. Clair (Passenger), Hayden Stevenson (Bit Man), Libby Taylor (Maid), William H. Tooker (Man at Bar), Richard Tucker (Headwaiter), Maidel Turner (Mrs. Perry), Anders Van Haden (Bit Man), Dorothy Vernon (Mid-Wife), Malcolm Waite (Fireman), Mary Wallace (Party Girl), William Welsh (Conductor), Larry Wheat (Stage Manager), Huey White (Mug), Lloyd Whitlock (Man at Racetrack), David Worth (Man at Racetrack), William Worthington (Man at Bar), Baby Wyman (Sullivan (the Child))
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 88 min; B&W

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