The President Vanishes (film)

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The President Vanishes
Walter Wanger Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 17, 1934 (1934-11-17)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$290,056[1]
Box office$391,542[1]

The President Vanishes (released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy) is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.

Upon its release, the film was praised for its ensemble cast[2][3] but author John Douglas Eames, in his 1985 book The Paramount Story, stated that, even with "an accomplished cast and an out-of-the-rut story, The President Vanishes couldn't buck moviegoers' apathy towards political subjects".[3]

Premise

The film follows the story of The President Vanishes.[4]

Cast

Hays Code

Upon its release in 1934, The President Vanishes was named by the

MPAA film rating system
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Reception

The film recorded a loss of $145,948.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p435
  2. ^ Sennwald, Andre. "The Mysterious Disappearance of President Stanley in The President Vanishes, at the Paramount", The New York Times, December 8, 1934. Accessed January 29, 2010.
  3. ^ p. 100
  4. ^ Fraser A. Sherman Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis p.164
  5. ^ Black, Gregory D. Hollywood Censored, Indiana University Press, 1989. Accessed January 29/2010.

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