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The Good Old Soak is a 1937 drama film starring Wallace Beery and directed by J. Walter Ruben from a screenplay by A. E. Thomas based upon the stage play of the same name by Don Marquis. The picture's supporting cast features Una Merkel, Eric Linden, Betty Furness, and Ted Healy.
Screenwriter Thomas was disturbed that MGM changed the title from the original "The Old Soak," to the "Good Old Soak." MGM did that because it felt Wallace Beery's fans considered the word "good" synonymous with Beery. Rollin Kirby, a distinguished political cartoonist on the New York World newspaper, and good friend of Don Marquis, got a laugh from Marquis when he suggested how appropriate it was that a man named Beery would portray the Old Soak himself.
Previously made as a silent film by Universal in 1926 called The Old Soak starring Jean Hersholt.
Original Release
04/23/1937
US Release
04/23/1937
Cast
Name | Character |
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Wallace Beery | Clem Hawley |
Una Merkel | Nellie |
Eric Linden | Clemmie Hawley |
Judith Barrett | Ina Heath |
Betty Furness | Lucy Hawley |
Ted Healy | Al Simmons |
Janet Beecher | Matilda Hawley |
George Sidney | Kennedy |
Robert McWade | Webster Parsons |
James Bush | Tom Ogden |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Wallace Beery | Clem Hawley |
Una Merkel | Nellie |
Eric Linden | Clemmie Hawley |
Judith Barrett | Ina Heath |
Betty Furness | Lucy Hawley |
Ted Healy | Al Simmons |
Janet Beecher | Matilda Hawley |
George Sidney | Kennedy |
Robert McWade | Webster Parsons |
James Bush | Tom Ogden |
Margaret Hamilton | Minnie |
Granville Bates | Sam |
Donald Briggs | Fred |
Heinie Conklin | Bit Role |
Frank Darien | Jasper |
Almeda Fowler | Clemmie's Secretary |
Louis Mason | Watchman |
Torben Meyer | Headwaiter |
Oscar O'Shea | Jake |
Guy Rennie | Master of Ceremonies |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harry Rapf | Producer |