Whom the Gods Destroy

Whom the Gods Destroy

75 mins | Drama | July 12, 1934

Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.

Whom the Gods Destroy

75 mins | Drama | July 12, 1934

Whom the Gods Destroy
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Whom the Gods Destroy
Directors Walter Lang
Writers Albert Payson Terhune, Sidney Buchman

Cast

Walter Connolly

as John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff

Doris Kenyon

as Margaret Forrester

Robert Young

as Jack Forrester

Scotty Beckett

as Jack Forrester, Age 4

Henry Kolker

as Carlo - the Puppeteer

Akim Tamiroff

as Peter Korotoff

Gilbert Emery

as Professor Weaver

George Humbert

as Niccoli

Hobart Bosworth

as Alec Klein

Macon Jones

as Jack Forrester - Age 14

Rollo Lloyd

as Henry Braverman

Maidel Turner

as Henrietta Crosland

Hugh Huntley

as Jamison - Ship's Officer

Yale Puppeteers

as Puppeteers

Walter Brennan

as Clifford (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

as Constable Malcolm (uncredited)