Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil

74 mins | Comedy | May 19, 1931

The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is forced to take a job as a dancer in a Broadway show. As the marriage begins to fall apart, complications ensue when she discovers that she's pregnant.

Up Pops the Devil

74 mins | Comedy | May 19, 1931

Up Pops the Devil
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is forced to take a job as a dancer in a Broadway show. As the marriage begins to fall apart, complications ensue when she discovers that she's pregnant.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Paramount
Original title Up Pops the Devil
Directors A. Edward Sutherland
Writers Eve Unsell, Arthur Kober, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich

Cast

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

as Barney Hatfield

Stuart Erwin

as Stranger

Carole Lombard

as Anne Merrick

Lilyan Tashman

as Polly Griscom

Norman Foster

as Steve Merrick

Edward Nugent

as George Kent

Theodore von Eltz

as Gilbert Morrell

Joyce Compton

as Luella May Carroll

Eulalie Jensen

as Mrs. Kent ("Sugar")

Harry Beresford

as Mr. Platt

Effie Ellsler

as Mrs. Platt

Pat Moriarity

as Kelly, Bootlegger

Guy Oliver

as Waldo, Handyman

Paddy O'Flynn

as Stagehand

Willie Best

as Laundryman

Matty Roubert

as Subscription Boy

Claire Dodd

as Minor Role

Marguerite Warner

as Minor Role