The Quitter (1934 film)

The Quitter is a 1934 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn and Barbara Weeks.[1] It was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures, later absorbed into Republic.

The Quitter
Directed byRichard Thorpe
Written byRobert Ellis
Produced byGeorge R. Batcheller
StarringCharley Grapewin
Emma Dunn
Barbara Weeks
CinematographyM.A. Anderson
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Distributed byChesterfield Pictures
Release date
  • February 5, 1934 (1934-02-05)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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When her husband, the founder of a crusading newspaper, doesn't return from serving in France in World War I his wife takes over both the newspaper and the raising of their two sons. As he grows one of her sons wants the newspaper to abandon its traditional stance and try and move more up market. Stories also begin to circulate that her husband did not die in the war, but is still living abroad under a new identity.

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References

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  1. ^ Pitts p.94-95

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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