Up Pops the Devil (1931)
- Directed by
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An advertising man quits his job to write novels. His wife is unhappy with the change, and their marriage starts to struggle.
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What happens
Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man (Norman Foster) who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife (Carole Lombard) and straining their marriage. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay is based on a 3-act play of the same name written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; the play ran on Broadway for 148 performances from September 1930 to January 1931 at the Theatre Masque. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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