Iron Man (1931 film)

Iron Man
Iron Man
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tod Browning
Screenplay by	Francis Edward Faragoh
Based on	Iron Man; 1930 novel; by W.R. Burnett
Produced by	E. M. Asher; Tod Browning; Carl Laemmle Jr.
Starring	Lew Ayres; Robert Armstrong; Jean Harlow
Cinematography	Percy Hilburn
Edited by	Milton Carruth; Maurice Pivar (supervising editor)
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 30, 1931;
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Iron Man is a 1931 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lew Ayres and Jean Harlow.^[1] In 1951, Universal remade the film with Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes and Rock Hudson, directed by Joseph Pevney.

A prizefighter is abandoned by his wife due to his failing career. Following his first winning streak, his wife returns to him, but fools her husband into hiring her lover as his new boxing manager, despite his lack of experience.

Plot

After lightweight prizefighter Kid Mason (Ayres) loses his opening fight, golddigging wife Rose (Harlow) leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around, Mason trains seriously and starts winning. Naturally, Rose returns and worms her way back into his life, despite the misgivings of manager George Regan (Armstrong). Eventually, she cons Mason into dumping Regan and replacing him with her secret lover Lewis (Miljan), even though he has almost no experience in the fight game. To make matters worse, Mason's high living and neglect of his training threatens his latest title defense.

Cast

Lew Ayres as Kid Mason
Robert Armstrong as George Regan
Jean Harlow as Rose Mason
John Miljan as Paul H. Lewis
Edward Dillon as Jeff
Mike Donlin as McNeil
Morrie Cohan as Rattler O'Keefe
Mary Doran as Showgirl
Mildred Van Dorn as Gladys DeVere
Ned Sparks as Riley
Sammy Blum as Mandel

References

Notes

^ "Classic Horror: The Ringmaster..." classichorror. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

Bibliography

Grindon, Leger (2006). "Tod Browning's Thematic Continuity and Stylistic Development in Iron Man". In Herzogenrath, Bernd (ed.). The Films of Tod Browning. Black Dog Publications. ISBN 978-1-904772-51-4.

External links

Iron Man at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Iron Man at IMDb
Iron Man at AllMovie
Iron Man at the TCM Movie Database

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[classichorror-1] "Classic Horror: The Ringmaster..." classichorror. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

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