Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil
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Directed byA. Edward Sutherland
Written byArthur Kober
Eve Unsell
Based onUp Pops the Devil by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
StarringNorman Foster
Carole Lombard
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
CinematographyKarl Struss
Music byJohn Leipold
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 20, 1931 (1931-05-20)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] 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.[2]

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  1. ^ Hall, Mordaunt (May 24, 1931). "Humor and Romance; "Up Pops the Devil" a Good Show--Miss Davies's Latest Comedy Breezy Fun. All's Well in the End. Smart Prevarication. Six-Cylinder Love." A Scapegrace Father. His Last Affair". The New York Times. p. X5.
  2. ^ "Up Pops the Devil". Internet Broadway Database (IBDb.com). Retrieved November 18, 2022.


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