GREAT GOD GOLD (1935) Sidney Blackmer, Martha Sleeper, Regis Toomey | Crime, Drama, Romance | B&W

Great God Gold is a 1935 film. It was Arthur Lubin's second film as director.

SYNOPSIS
Greed, ambition and hunger-for-power drive John Hart, a New-York-City stock-market broker, into crooked dealings and deception, but he doesn't realize that those he ruined will seek vengeance. He meets his match and downfall when his path crosses with a reporter, Phil Stuart; a girl, Marcia Harper, and a man-with-a-gun from a family he ruined.

In the late 1920s, "Lucky" John Hart has a reputation as a stock market speculator. He does an interview with reported Phil "Stu" Stuart, which predicts the Wall Street Crash. Hart sells his investments just before the Crash. Later lawyers Simon and Nitto suggest Hart use his reputation to make money in receiverships. Hart agrees in part because he desires Elena, the wife of Nitto's nephew Frank. Elena and Hart begin an affair.

CAST & CREW
Sidney Blackmer as "Lucky" John Hart
Martha Sleeper as Marcia Harper
Regis Toomey as Phil "Stu" Stuart
Edwin Maxwell as Nitto
Ralf Harolde as Frank Nitto
Maria Alba as Elena Nitto
John T. Murray as Simon
Gloria Shea as Gert

Directed by Arthur Lubin
Written by Norman Houston, Jefferson Parker
Based on story by Albert J. Meserow, Alynore Darlkhart
Produced by Ben Verschleiser, Trem Carr
Cinematography Milton R. Krasner
Production company Monogram Pictures
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date 15 April 1935
Running time 71 mins
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
The New York Times called it "a half hearted attack on the receivership racket... it's feeble as a crusade and sluggish as melodrama."[4]

Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene described the film as "an excellent American melodrama", commenting that despite the lack of big-name stars the acting displayed a "delightful vividness" and "even the hats have been carefully chosen: the crookeder the deal, the more flowing the brim".