Mills of the Gods

Mills of the Gods

66 mins | Drama | Dec. 15, 1934

Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)

Mills of the Gods

66 mins | Drama | Dec. 15, 1934

Mills of the Gods
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Mills of the Gods
Directors Roy William Neill
Writers John S. Kirkland, Melville Baker, Garrett Fort

Cast

May Robson

as Mary Hastings

Fay Wray

as Jean Hastings

Victor Jory

as Jim Devlin

Raymond Walburn

as Willard Hastings

James Blakeley

as Alex Hastings

Josephine Whittell

as Henrietta Hastings

Mayo Methot

as Sarah

Albert Conti

as Count Filippo Di Fraschiani

Samuel S. Hinds

as Burroughs

Willard Robertson

as Thomas

Edward Keane

as Morgan

Edward Van Sloan

as Komeoski

Frank Reicher

as Barrett

Frederick Vogeding

as Njordstrom (as Fredrik Vogeding)

Guy Usher

as Kennedy