The Prodigal (1931 film)

1931 film

The Prodigal

Lobby card featuring Lawrence Tibbett and Esther Ralston

Directed by| Harry A. Pollard
Screenplay by| Bess Meredyth
Wells Root
Based on| The Southerner
short story
by Bess Meredyth
Wells Root
Produced by| Paul Bern
Starring| Lawrence Tibbett
Esther Ralston
Roland Young
Cliff Edwards
Purnell Pratt
Hedda Hopper
Stepin Fetchit
Cinematography| Harold Rosson
Edited by| Margaret Booth
Music by| Herbert Stothart

Production
company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributed by| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

* February 21, 1931 (1931-02-21)

Running time

| 76 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

The Prodigal is a 1931 Pre-Code early talkie film starring Lawrence Tibbett, Esther Ralston, Roland Young and Hedda Hopper. The film was extremely provocative in its time in that it viewed adultery in a non-judgmental, even positive light.[1]

## Plot[edit]

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## Cast[edit]

* Lawrence Tibbett as Jeffrey Farraday
* Esther Ralston as Antonia Farraday
* Roland Young as Doc aka Somerset Greenman
* Cliff Edwards as Snipe, a Tramp
* Purnell Pratt as Rodman Farraday
* Hedda Hopper as Christine
* Emma Dunn as Mrs. Cynthia Farraday
* Stepin Fetchit as Hokey
* Louis John Bartels as George
* Theodore von Eltz as Carter Jerome
* Wally Albright as Peter
* Susanne Ransom as Elsbeth
* Gertrude Howard as Naomi
* John Larkin as Andrew Jackson Jones

## See also[edit]

* Pre-Code sex films

## References[edit]

1. ^ Doherty, pp. 113–114

## Sources[edit]

* Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New York: Columbia University Press 1999. ISBN 0-231-11094-4

## External links[edit]

* The Prodigal at the TCM Movie Database
* The Prodigal at IMDb
* The Prodigal at AllMovie
* The Prodigal at the American Film Institute Catalog
* Lawrence Tibbett sings "The Peanut Vendor" from The Prodigal on YouTube, excerpt

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Films directed by Harry A. Pollard

* Break, Break, Break (1914)
* Infatuation (1915)
* The Danger Game (1918)
* The Invisible Ray (1920)
* Trimmed (1922)
* Confidence (1922)
* The Loaded Door (1922)
* Trifling with Honor (1923)
* K – The Unknown (1924)
* Sporting Youth (1924)
* The Reckless Age (1924)
* Oh Doctor! (1925)
* I'll Show You the Town (1925)
* California Straight Ahead (1925)
* The Cohens and Kellys (1926)
* Poker Faces (1926)
* Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
* Show Boat (1929)
* Tonight at Twelve (1929)
* Undertow (1930)
* Shipmates (1931)
* The Prodigal (1931)
* When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932)
* Fast Life (1932)

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