Ah, Wilderness! (film)

Ah, Wilderness!

Film poster
Directed by Clarence Brown
Produced by Clarence Brown
Hunt Stromberg
Written by Eugene O'Neill (play)
Albert Hackett
Frances Goodrich
Starring Wallace Beery
Lionel Barrymore
Mickey Rooney
Music by Herbert Stothart
Edward Ward
Cinematography Clyde De Vinna
Edited by Frank E. Hull
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • December 6, 1935 (1935-12-06)
Running time
 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Ah, Wilderness! is a 1935 American film adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play of the same name starring Wallace Beery. The picture was shot in Grafton, Massachusetts, at the common in the center of town, and was directed by Clarence Brown. Beery plays the drunken uncle later portrayed on Broadway by Jackie Gleason, and the film features Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Spring Byington, and a young Mickey Rooney. Rooney also stars in MGM's musical remake Summer Holiday (1948).

The film holds the dubious distinction of being the first to advertise in trade papers for Academy Award nominations, depicting a cartoon of MGM's Leo the Lion holding an Oscar and proudly stating "You've given so much, Leo ... Get ready to receive!"[1] Nevertheless, the film failed to receive a single nomination.

Cast

Reception

The success of the film prompted MGM to use many of the cast in A Family Affair, the first of the Andy Hardy series.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wiley, Mason; Bona, Damien; MacColl, Gail (1996). Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-40053-4.

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