Three Cornered Moon | |
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Directed by | Elliott Nugent |
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Based on | Three-Cornered Moon by Gertrude Tonkonogy |
Produced by | B. P. Schulberg |
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Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
Edited by | Jane Loring |
Music by | Ralph Rainger |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Three Cornered Moon is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Ray Harris and S.K. Lauren, and starring Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, and Wallace Ford. Based on a 1933 play by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg, the film reached No. 9 in the National Board of Review Awards top-10 films in 1933. [1] [2] Film critic Leonard Maltin identifies it as one of the "25 Vintage Movies You Really Shouldn't Miss". This film is often mentioned as one of the earliest examples of screwball comedy. [3]
Difficulties overtake a well-to-do family in New York when they lose all their money in the Great Crash of 1929.