Picture Brides

  • 1934




15 %
$ 1 Million

Picture Brides is a 1934 English-language Adventure Crime movie written by Adele Buffington and directed by Phil Rosen and produced by M.h. Hoffman. Four Picture Brides, from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining site of the Standard Diamond Mines.Also on the boat with the four mail-order brides (Americans Mame Smith, Flo Lane, and Gwen from England and Lena from Europe) is Mary Lee, a frightened and innocent girl, who has come to the mine's brutal supervisor, Von Luden , about a job. Knowing von Luden's inhuman reputation, Mame transfers the photo assigning her to Dave Hart, to Mary's Identification card. Castro, the mail-runner, delivers a letter to von Luden informing him that Hart, his partner, is wanted in the United States on an embezzlement charge. Mame, in order to protect Mary, presents herself as a job applicant while Mary is introduced to Dave and his fellow supervisors (Pete, Joe and Bill) as a bride applicant. Dave rescues Mary from a lustful and brutish attack by von Luden. Pretty Mataeo Rogers, half-breed daughter of the camp's drunken doctor, is celebrating her 18th birthday and is lured to von Luden's jungle castle. Later, natives find her body in the swamp. Detectives Steve and Al arrive to extradite Dave. Written by Les Adams. Picture brides stars Dorothy Mackaill, Regis Toomey, Alan Hale, Dorothy Libaire, Will Ahern, Fred Malatesta and Jimmy Aubrey. The motion picture is based on Red Kisses by Charles E. Blaney. Cinematography was done by Tom Galligan and editing by Mildred Johnston. The movie has a running time of 66 minutes. It was released on 24th April 1934. The motion picture made a box office gross of $1 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Allied Pictures.

Release Date 24 APR 1934
Run Time 1 HOUR 6 MINUTES
Language

English

Genre

Adventure , Crime , Romance

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