WORLDLY GOODS (1930) James Kirkwood, Merna Kennedy & Ferdinand Schumann-Heink | Drama | B&W

Worldly Goods is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Phil Rosen based on a story by Andrew Soutar, starring James Kirkwood Sr. and Merna Kennedy. Distributed by Continental Talking Pictures, the film was released on August 1, 1930.

SYNOPSIS
A businessman who has devoted his whole life to obtaining money and power finds that he can't buy the one thing he craves: love.

Blinded by an airplane crash in France, Jeff swears vengeance on John C. Tullock, a profiteering manufacturer, who produces faulty planes for government contracts.

CAST & CREW
James Kirkwood Sr. as John C. Tullock
Merna Kennedy as Mary Thurston
Shannon Day as Cassie
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as Jeff
Eddie Fetherston as Jimmy (credited as "Eddie Featherstone")
Thomas A. Curran as the secretary

Directed by Phil Rosen
Story by Andrew Soutar
Produced by Trem Carr
Cinematography Herbert Kirkpatrick
Edited by Carl Himm
Production company Trem Carr Productions
Distributed by Continental Talking Pictures
Release date: August 1, 1930 (US)
Running time: 61 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English