Hold Everything (film)
Hold Everything | |
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Devereaux Jennings (Technicolor) | |
Edited by | William Holmes |
Music by | Joseph Burke Ray Henderson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $491,000[1] |
Box office | $1,333,000[1] |
Hold Everything is a 1930 American
Plot
Brown plays Gink Schiner, a third-rate fighter who is at the same training camp as Georges La Verne (played by Georges Carpentier), a contender for the heavyweight championship. Although he needs to be concentrating all of his energies on the upcoming bout, Georges keeps getting distracted: Norine Lloyd, a society dame, has a distinct interest in him, but the interest is strictly one-sided. Georges prefers Sue, an old buddy and confidante. Gink has woman trouble of his own, as his flirtations do not sit at all well with Toots (played by Winnie Lightner), his erstwhile girlfriend. More trouble arrives when Larkin, manager of current heavyweight champ Bob Morgan, appears at the camp with the goal of fixing the fight. He is sent packing, after which he attempts to slip a Mickey Finn to the challenger—a plan which goes awry when Gink switches the drinks. Meanwhile, Gink, who is fighting in a preliminary in advance of the big fight, actually wins. Things don't look so bright for Georges, who initially gets the worst of it in his encounter with Morgan, but who eventually comes out on top.
Cast
- Joe E. Brownas Gink Schiner
- Winnie Lightner as Toots Breen
- Sally O'Neil as Sue Burke
- Georges Carpentier as Georges La Verne
- Edmund Breese as Pop O'Keefe
- Bert Roach as Nosey Bartlett
- Dorothy Revier as Norine Lloyd
- Jack Curtis as Murph Levy
- Tony Stabenau as Bob Morgan
- Lew Harvey as Dan Larkin
- Abe Lyman as Orchestra Leader
Release
In 1930, this was the first film shown at the newly opened Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre, a luxurious
Box office
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $1,018,000 domestically and $315,000 foreign.[1]
Preservation status
The sound discs survive, but the visuals are lost. The George Eastman Museum 2015 book The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935 mistakenly reported that the Library of Congress possesses a black and white print, but that is not true. No color print is known to exist as of 2024.[3]
See also
- List of boxing films
- List of early color feature films
- List of early Warner Bros. talking features
References
- ^
- ISBN 0-486-40244-4.
- ^ The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915–1935, c.2015 George Eastman Museum
External links
- Hold Everything at IMDb