She Couldn't Take It

She Couldn't Take It

77 mins | Comedy | Oct. 8, 1935

The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.

She Couldn't Take It

77 mins | Comedy | Oct. 8, 1935

She Couldn't Take It
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title She Couldn't Take It
Directors Tay Garnett
Writers Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker, Oliver H.P. Garrett

Cast

George Raft

as Joe "Spot" Ricardi

Joan Bennett

as Carol Van Dyke

Walter Connolly

as Daniel Van Dyke

Billie Burke

as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke

Lloyd Nolan

as Tex

Wallace Ford

as "Fingers" Boston

James Blakeley

as Tony Van Dyke

Alan Mowbray

as Alan Bartlett

William Tannen

as Cesar

Donald Meek

as Uncle Wyndersham

Stanley Andrews

as Attorney Wyndersham

Frank Austin

as Railroad Attendant

Irving Bacon

as Man at Toll Gate

C.A. Beckman

as Traffic Cop

Wyrley Birch

as Dr. Schaeffer

Stark Bishop

as Prisoner

Walter Brennan

as Peddler

James P. Burtis

as Motorcycle Cop

Joc Clive

as Reporter

Heinie Conklin

as Waiter

Frank Conroy

as Henry Raleigh

Tom Costello

as Reporter

Kernan Cripps

as Guard

Jack Daley

as District Attorney's Man

Carrie Daumery

as Dowager Party Guest

Edgar Dearing

as Precint 5 Policeman

John Webb Dillion

as Prisoner

Nadine Dore

as Girl

Jack Duffy

as Farmer

Frank Fanning

as Warden

Al Ferguson

as Prisoner

Emily Fitzroy

as Party Guest

Bess Flowers

as Party Guest at Car Exhibition

Gladys Gale

as Party Guest

Jack Gardner

as Reporter

Grace Goodall

as Party Guest

Mack Gray

as Ike

Harrison Greene

as Spieler

Eddie Gribbon

as Detective

Thurston Hall

as Party Guest

Jack Holmes

as Prison Doctor

Maynard Holmes

as Edgar

Arthur Stuart Hull

as Party Guest at Car Exhibition

Olaf Hytten

as Van Dyke Butler

John Ince

as Prison Official

Thomas E. Jackson

as Spieler at Car Exhibition

Tom Kennedy

as Slugs

Donald Kerr

as Sailor

Edith Kingdon

as Party Guest

Mike Lally

as Photographer

Frank LaRue

as Prisoner

W.E. Lawrence

as Photographer

Ivan Lebedeff

as Count

Maxine Lewis

as Crooner

Lois Lindsay

as Party Guest

George Lloyd

as Prison Turnkey

Stanley Mack

as Reporter

Frank Marlowe

as Prisoner

George McKay

as Red

Robert Middlemass

as Desk Sergeant

Gene Morgan

as Precint 5 Policeman

Joseph North

as Butler

Ted Oliver

as Motorcycle Cop

Franklin Pangborn

as Spot's Secretary

Walter Perry

as Prisoner

Lee Phelps

as Bailiff

Lon Poff

as Judge

Victor Potel

as Farmer

Paul Power

as Prisoner

John Quillan

as Bellboy

Arthur Rankin

as Party Guest

Frank Rice

as Milkman

Loren Riebe

as Human Fly

Ky Robinson

as Motorcycle Cop

Phillip Ronalde

as Waiter

Henry Roquemore

as Party Guest

Oscar Rudolph

as Newsboy

Charles Sherlock

as Reporter

Antrim Short

as Reporter

Charles Sullivan

as State Trooper

Henry Sylvester

as Stage Manager

Ray Turner

as Janitor

Emmett Vogan

as Reporter

Raymond Walburn

as Party Guest

Walter Walker

as Judge

George Webb

as Editor

Billy West

as Reporter

Huey White

as Eddie Gore

Robert Wilber

as Prisoner