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.
Cast
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Biney Hatfield Stuart Erwin as Stranger Carole Lombard as Anne Merrick Lilyan Tashman as Polly Griscom Norman Foster as Steve Merrick Edward J. Nugent as George Kent Theodore von Eltz as Gilbert Morrell Joyce Compton as Luella May Carroll Willie Best as Laundryman Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Kent Harry Beresford as Mr. Platt Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Platt Guy Oliver as Waldo - Handyman Matty Roubert - as Newsboy
See also Thanks for the Memory (1938), a remake of this film starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.
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