Stranded (1935)

Name: Stranded
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1935-06-29
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Kay Francis, George Brent, Patricia Ellis, Donald Woods, Robert Barrat

Stranded (1935), directed by Frank Borzage, starring Kay Francis and George Brent.

06/29/1935 BR Drama and Romance 1h 12m

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Synopsis

A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

Sidney HickoxCinematography
Frank BorzageDirector, Producer
William HolmesEditing
Bernhard KaunOriginal music

About the film

Stranded is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Patricia Ellis.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Anton Grot.

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Stranded is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Patricia Ellis.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Anton Grot.

Plot

Lynn Palmer is a volunteer for Travelers Aid in San Francisco who goes out of her way to help for immigrants, travelers, the unemployed and the homeless. Mack Hale is a construction manager on the Golden Gate Bridge (which would not be completed until 1937), who comes to Lynn's station seeking information about a worker he wants to hire. Lynn and Mack are attracted to each other, despite their different personalities and outlook. Lynn's roommate, Velma Tuthill, is the daughter of one of the bridge's backers and is also attracted to Mack.

Lynn and Mack date, even though he is often put off by how she turns her attentions to people he thinks are unworthy. In the meantime, Mack comes under pressure from a protection racket mob led by "Sharkey". Sharkey bribes and manipulates some workers to create dangerous conditions that cause Mack to fire them. Though Mack has proposed marriage, Lynn rejects his demand that she quit her work helping others. Mack, however, is threatened with a walkout by the workers over his apparent callousness and accusations that he caused a worker's death, all instigated by Sharkey. At a workers' meeting, Lynn helps to expose Sharkey's plot and clear Mack's name with the men, who turn on Sharkey. Mack admits to Lynn that he was wrong to look down on others less fortunate than himself, and the two are reunited with the promise that they can each devote themselves to the work each cares for.

Cast

Kay Francis as Lynn Palmer

George Brent as Mack Hale

Patricia Ellis as Velma Tuthill

Donald Woods as John Wesley

Robert Barrat as Stanislaus Janauschek

Barton MacLane as Sharkey

Joseph Crehan as Johnny Quinn

William Harrigan as Updyke

Henry O'Neill as Mr. Tuthill

Frankie Darro as James "Jimmy" Rivers

John Wray as Mike Gibbons

Edward McWade as Tim Powers

June Travis as Mary Rand

Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Tuthill

Gavin Gordon as Jack

Spencer Charters as Boatman

Joan Gay as Diane Nichols

Adrian Morris as Rivet Boss

Reception

The New York Times reviewer called Stranded "a mobile drama which manages to be quite unbelievable and generally entertaining. ... The picture's chief virtue is its sense of humor."

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External links

Stranded at IMDb

Stranded at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Stranded at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Trivia

It premiered on June 29, 1935, a Saturday.
It runs 1h12 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.