Three Comrades (film)

Three Comrades
Original film poster
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Produced by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay by	F. Scott Fitzgerald Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Based on	novel Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque
Starring	Robert Taylor Margaret Sullavan Franchot Tone Robert Young
Music by	Franz Waxman
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	June 2, 1938 (1938-06-02) (New York)
Running time	100 min
Language	English
Budget	$839,000^[1]
Box office	$2,043,000^[1]^[2]

Three Comrades 1938 is a drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of the friendship of three young German soldiers following World War I and the beginning rise of Nazism.

The film stars Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, and Robert Young. Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Cast

Robert Taylor as Erich Lohkamp
Margaret Sullavan as Patricia Hollmann
Franchot Tone as Otto Koster
Robert Young as Gottfried Lenz
Guy Kibbee as Alfons
Lionel Atwill as Franz Breuer
Henry Hull as Dr. Heinrich Becker
Charley Grapewin as Local Doctor
Monty Woolley as Dr. Jaffe

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $1,193,000 in the US and Canada and $850,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $472,000.^[2]

References

1 2 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
1 2 Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p 277

External links

Three Comrades at the Internet Movie Database

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Three Comrades.

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