Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) - film review

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Whom the Gods Destroy is an American film first released in 1934, directed by Walter Lang. The film stars Walter Connolly, Robert Young, Doris Kenyon and Scotty Beckett. Our overall rating for this film is: very good.

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Director: Walter Lang
Script: Sidney Buchman, Fred Niblo Jr., Albert Payson Terhune
Photo: Benjamin H. Kline
Music: R.H. Bassett, Louis Silvers
Cast: Walter Connolly (John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff), Robert Young (Jack Forrester), Doris Kenyon (Margaret Forrester), Scotty Beckett (Jack Forrester, age 4), Rollo Lloyd (Henry Braverman), Hobart Bosworth (Alec Klein), Gilbert Emery (Prof. Weaver), Akim Tamiroff (Peter Korotoff), Henry Kolker (Carlo), Macon Jones (Jack Forrester, age 14), Maidel Turner (Henrietta Crosland), George Humbert (Niccoli), Hugh Huntley (Jameson), Stella Adams (Newfoundland Woman), Lois Albright (Passenger), Ricca Allen (Newfoundland Woman), William Arnold (Bit Part), Brooks Benedict (Nightmare Sequence), Nadine Beresford (Newfoundland Woman), Ted Billings (Nightmare Sequence), Virginia True Boardman (Housekeeper), Walter Brennan (Clifford), Maurice Brierre (Officer on Watch), Raymond Brown (Judge), Edmund Burns (Bit part), A.S. ’Pop’ Byron (Stagehand), Jack Byron (Bit Part), Mary Carr (Old Actress), Allan Cavan (Passenger), Steve Clark (Petty Officer), Ruth Clifford (Frightened Passenger), Nick Cogley (Newfoundler), Nick Copeland (Reporter), John Webb Dillon (Bit Part), Joan Dix (Miracle Player), Alice Dodge (Welfare Worker), Elinor Fair (Passenger), Larry Fisher (Engineer), May Foster (Newfoundland Woman), Betty Francisco (Lead woman in show), Bud Geary (Ships Officer who Shoots Korotoff), Clarence Geldart (Newfoundler), Adda Gleason (Passenger), Eddie Gordon (Newfoundler), Mary Gordon (Newfoundland woman), Harrison Greene (Radio Messenger), Carlton Griffin (Bit Part), Sam Harris (Ship’s Officer), Ara Haswell (Nurse), Rhody Hathaway (Doctor), Edward Hearn (Bit Part), Richard Hemingway (Jerry), Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian (Sailor), Charles H. Hickman (Foreman), Harold Hoff (Newfoundler), Fay Holderness, Ralph Hornbrook (Newfoundler), Arthur Stuart Hull (Critic), Olaf Hytten (Purser), John Paul Jones (Officer), Charles King (Bit Part), Richard Kipling (Bit Part), Al Klein (Reporter), W.E. Lawrence (Man in Dress Clothes), Ila Lee (Survivor), Peggy Leon (Survivor), Cactus Mack (Officer), Joe Mack (Cardinal), Reginald Mason (Behan), Jack Maston (Quartermaster), Philip Maxwell (Choirmaster), Betty May (Bit Part), John Merton (Sailor with Binoculars), Charles Middleton (Const. Malcolm), Adolph Milar (Newfoundland Husband), Geneva Mitchell (Telephone operator), Rhea Mitchell, Clive Morgan (Petty Officer), Jack Mulhall (Lead man in show), Edward Peil Sr. (Engineer), Rose Plumer (Passenger), Yale Puppeteers (Puppeteers), Tom Ricketts (Charlie), Ronald Roberts (Reporter), William Robyns (Old actor), Jack Rockwell (Newfoundler), Dick Rush (Raiilroad Conductor), Carlo Schipa (Puppeteer), William Scott (Man in Dress Clothes), Allan Sears (Passenger), Billie Seward (Jerry’s Wife), Miriam Shelby (Passenger), Marion Sheldon (Steerage Woman), Larry Steers (Audience Extra), Al Stewart (Dishwasher), Harry Strang (Newfoundler), Ethel Sykes (Survivor), Nick Thompson (Cook), Ellinor Vanderveer (Bit Part), Isabel Vecki (Steerage Girl), Natalie Warfield (Bit Part), Niles Welch (Bit part), William Welsh (Captain), Lillian West (Survivor), Maston Williams (Sailor), Ernest F. Young (Bit Part)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 75 min; B&W

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