Black Sheep
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byAllen Rivkin
Allan Dwan
Produced bySol M. Wurtzel
StarringEdmund Lowe
Claire Trevor
Tom Brown
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Edited byAlex Troffey
Music bySamuel Kaylin
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • June 14, 1935 (1935-06-14)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Black Sheep is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, and Tom Brown.[1] It was produced by the Fox Film Corporation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer.

Plot

Aboard a luxury liner, gambler John Francis Dugan makes the acquaintance of socialite Jeanette Foster, who has a reputation for using men to get her way. Jeanette cajoles him into sneaking her into First Class, where they see young Fred Curtis lose $1,200 at poker to two oilmen, Belcher and Schmelling.

Fred's troubles grow worse when the haughty Millicent Bath has his markers. A noted thief who has stolen a princess's pearls, she blackmails him into helping her sneak the pearls into the country. Fred is so forlorn that he considers jumping overboard, until Jeanette stops him.

Dugan decides to help. He wins back Fred's debts at cards. When they return to Fred's stateroom, Dugan spots a photo of Fred's deceased mother and is shocked to discover that she was his ex-wife; they were from different social classes, and under her wealthy mother's influence, she left Dugan and took their child. Fred is his long-lost son. Dugan resolves never to tell Fred he is his father.

Mrs. Bath has hidden the pearls inside a cane's handle. Dugan distracts her, replaces the pearls with pills, then hides the valuables inside the pocket of Belcher, the oilman. They spill out at Customs and are claimed by Mrs. Bath to belong to her, causing her to be taken away by the authorities. Dugan says goodbye to Fred and meets with Jeannette, who promises to change her old ways. He proposes to her and they kiss.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Solomon p.356

Bibliography

  • Lombardi, Frederic. Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland, 2013.
  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.


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