Risky Business (1939 film)

Risky Business
Directed byArthur Lubin
Written byCharles Grayson
Based onstory Okay America by William Anthony McGuire
Produced byBurt Kelly
Starring
CinematographyStanley Cortez
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • 3 March 1939 (1939-03-03)
Running time
65 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Risky Business is a 1939 film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring George Murphy and Dorothea Kent.[1][2][3]

Plot

Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl, Norma Jameson, who has been kidnapped.

Cast

Production

The film was based on a story by William McGuire, Okay America, which had been filmed in 1932.[4]

Arthur Lubin was attached to the project on 20 January 1939.[5] George Murphy occasionally worked for Universal under one picture arrangements. Filming started January 30, 1939.[6]

Reception

The New York Times said the film was not interesting and was "a risky entertainment."[7] The Los Angeles Times said it had an "ingenious" story and "unusually good acting and direction."[8]

References

  1. ^ Risky Business Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 6, Iss. 61, (Jan 1, 1939): 117.
  2. ^ RISKY BUSINESS (Universal-G.F.D.) Picture Show; London Vol. 42, Iss. 1068, (Oct 14, 1939): 19.
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.
  4. ^ THE THEATRE: Life of a Columnist Wall Street Journal 14 Sep 1932: 3.
  5. ^ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD New York Times 21 Jan 1939: 19.
  6. ^ Hays Indicates Wider Scope in Film Themes: MacMurray With Cagney D'Artagnan Chosen O'Keefe to Be Starred Young Singer Signed Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 17 Jan 1939: 8.
  7. ^ THE SCREEN New York Times 23 Mar 1939: 31.
  8. ^ Ingenious Film Shown Los Angeles Times 8 Mar 1939: A10


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