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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaAn entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.
Richard Alexander
- Man Tom Bumps Into
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Oscar Apfel
- Brewster's Associate
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Frank Atkinson
- Waiter At Party
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Reginald Barlow
- Brewster's Associate
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Harry C. Bradley
- Johnson, Dwight's Secretary
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Edward Brophy
- Man in Elevator
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- QuizBoris Karloff: (at around 20 mins) Approaching a ticket counter as Tom (Norman Foster) takes his leave. During filming of The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), Boris Karloff took time off to appear in this film; the camera immediately cuts away once the actor appears, so the purpose behind his cameo seems to have been deleted.
- BlooperWhen Lynn is working late, as she leaves Tom to bring the unfinished report to Mr. Dwight, the moving shadow of the boom mic is visible on the wall by the door.
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David 'Dave' Dwight: Hello, Ham old egg! How are ya?
'Ham' Hamilton: [as they shake hands] Fine.
David 'Dave' Dwight: How's your wife?
'Ham' Hamilton: Splendid. She's in Egypt, digging up ruins.
David 'Dave' Dwight: Oh, she seems to like ruins,
[looks down at Hamilton's feet]
David 'Dave' Dwight: especially with spats on.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Recensione in evidenza
Utterly ruthless & immoral, the owner of New York's tallest building plots & schemes to keep control of his creation, trampling upon anyone who gets in his way. Others working in the great colossus also live lives of drama & everyday excitement. All these SKYSCRAPER SOULS will soon find themselves bound together by greed, lust, betrayal, suicide & murder.
Practically screaming its pre-Production Code status, this neglected film is rather fascinating in the risqué development of its plot. Sex, both leering & suggested, plays an important role in the story. By making its hero a man both charming & completely treacherous, open to any underhand suggestion, it makes a lie out of Louis B. Mayer's assertion that all of MGM's product was family friendly. Even today, this is potent, powerful material. And absolutely engaging.
Warren William is almost distressingly good as the unscrupulous building owner, around whom much of the action revolves. His blunt dishonesty almost makes chicanery respectable.
The rest of the cast is equally proficient:
Maureen O'Sullivan as a naive young secretary lusted over by William & loved by brash bank clerk Norman Foster.
Gregory Ratoff, hilarious as a harried dressmaker.
Anita Page as a brash prostitute/model beloved by noble jeweler Jean Hersholt.
Verree Teasdale, William's mistress for 12 years, finally pushed to the breaking point.
Wallace Ford as a radio announcer, tragically driven to desperation by his love of unhappily married Helen Coburn.
George Barbier as a jolly fat debauchee, one of William's eventual financial victims.
And Hedda Hopper, William's absent, knowing wife - very content with his money, but not his company.
Movie mavens will also recognize Billy Gilbert as a lobby cigarette stand owner, Edward Brophy & Doris Lloyd as the man & woman in the elevator.
Practically screaming its pre-Production Code status, this neglected film is rather fascinating in the risqué development of its plot. Sex, both leering & suggested, plays an important role in the story. By making its hero a man both charming & completely treacherous, open to any underhand suggestion, it makes a lie out of Louis B. Mayer's assertion that all of MGM's product was family friendly. Even today, this is potent, powerful material. And absolutely engaging.
Warren William is almost distressingly good as the unscrupulous building owner, around whom much of the action revolves. His blunt dishonesty almost makes chicanery respectable.
The rest of the cast is equally proficient:
Maureen O'Sullivan as a naive young secretary lusted over by William & loved by brash bank clerk Norman Foster.
Gregory Ratoff, hilarious as a harried dressmaker.
Anita Page as a brash prostitute/model beloved by noble jeweler Jean Hersholt.
Verree Teasdale, William's mistress for 12 years, finally pushed to the breaking point.
Wallace Ford as a radio announcer, tragically driven to desperation by his love of unhappily married Helen Coburn.
George Barbier as a jolly fat debauchee, one of William's eventual financial victims.
And Hedda Hopper, William's absent, knowing wife - very content with his money, but not his company.
Movie mavens will also recognize Billy Gilbert as a lobby cigarette stand owner, Edward Brophy & Doris Lloyd as the man & woman in the elevator.
- Ron Oliver
- 21 lug 2000
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- Budget
- 382.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 39 minuti
- Colore
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- 1.37 : 1
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