The Scoundrel (1935 film)

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The Scoundrel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur
Written by	Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur
Produced by	Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur
Starring	Noël Coward Julie Haydon Stanley Ridges Rosita Moreno Lionel Stander
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Arthur Ellis
Music by	George Antheil
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 30, 1935 (1935-04-30)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Scoundrel is a 1935 American drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and starring Noël Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges, Rosita Moreno and Lionel Stander. It was Coward's film debut, aside from a bit role in a silent film. It deals with supernatural redemption in a way rather similar to Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, and drew inspiration from the life of publisher Horace Liveright, who had died in September 1933.

Plot

Anthony Mallare (Noël Coward) is a publisher who (it appears) wishes to ruin the life of every person he comes in contact with. Every sentence he says is like a poisoned dart aimed for the greatest damage, and delivered in cold lifeless tones. He is under no illusion regarding his own personality, remarking to his staff at large that he has found the perfect woman—one as empty as he is: "I must marry her ... it would be like two empty paper bags belabouring one another". He finally manages to completely destroy the career and life of an aspiring young author (Stanley Ridges) and his girlfriend (Julie Haydon), who curses him with the hope that he will die friendless. Shortly afterwards he is killed when his plane crashes into the ocean—Haydon's character, upon hearing of the tragedy, remarks, "I've just found out there IS a God!"

Faced with the prospect of damnation he is allowed to go back to earth to find one person who will mourn for him—which person turns out to be Haydon. (Those around him are astonished to see him apparently alive and back at work, but gradually become aware that something supernatural is afoot.)

Cast

Noël Coward as Anthony Mallare
Julie Haydon as Cora Moore
Stanley Ridges as Paul Decker
Martha Sleeper as Julia Vivian
Ernest Cossart as Jimmy Clay
Rosita Moreno as Carlotta
Eduardo Ciannelli as Maurice Stern
Lionel Stander as Rothenstien
O. Z. Whitehead as Calhoun
Harry Davenport as Slezack
Burgess Meredith as Bum (uncredited)

Reception

The Scoundrel won the Academy Award for Best Original Story by writing team Hecht and MacArthur. It is an early role for Lionel Stander (his first year in pictures) and is a rare film role for columnist Alexander Woollcott typecast as an acid-tongued writer.

The Scoundrel had its copyright renewed in 1962 (R297413 25 Jun 62) and for several years has been available via unauthorized VHS and DVD copies. In March 2008, the Noël Coward Society screened a 16mm copy of the film at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. (Renewal notice in Minus and Hale, Film Superlist, vol. 8, p. 747)

External links

The Scoundrel at IMDb

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Films written and directed	Crime Without Passion (1934) Once in a Blue Moon (1935) The Scoundrel (1935) Soak the Rich (1936) Angels Over Broadway (1940) Specter of the Rose (1946) Actor's and Sin (1952)
Films written only	Underworld (1927) The Great Gabbo (1929) The Unholy Night (1929) Roadhouse Nights (1930) The Unholy Garden (1931) Scarface (1932) Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933) Topaze (1933) Turn Back the Clock (1933) Design for Living (1933) Viva Villa! (1934) Shoot the Works (1934) Twentieth Century (1934) The Florentine Dagger (1935) Barbary Coast (1935) Nothing Sacred (1937) The Goldwyn Follies (1938) Gunga Din (1939) Wuthering Heights (1939) Let Freedom Ring (1939) It's a Wonderful World (1939) Lady of the Tropics (1939) His Girl Friday (1940) Comrade X (1940) Lydia (1941) China Girl (1942) Roxie Hart (1942) Spellbound (1945) The Black Swan (1945) Notorious (1946) Her Husband's Affairs (1947) Kiss of Death (1947) Ride the Pink Horse (1947) The Miracle of the Bells (1948) Perfect Strangers (1950) Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) Whirlpool (1950) Monkey Business (1952) Living It Up (1954) Ulysses (1954) The Indian Fighter (1955) Miracle in the Rain (1956) The Iron Petticoat (1956) A Farewell to Arms (1957) Legend of the Lost (1957) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957) The Sun Also Rises (1957) Queen of Outer Space (1958) Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) Circus World (1964) 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Plays written	The Front Page (1928) Twentieth Century (1932) Jumbo (1935) Ladies and Gentlemen (1939) A Flag Is Born (1946)
Related	Rose Caylor (wife) Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City Gaily, Gaily (1969 film)

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