Men Must Fight (1933)

USA, 1933
72m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Sound System), English

An American science fiction film directed by Edgar Selwyn.

Plot Summary

In 1940, war is looming with Eurasia and Robert refuses to fight, causing a rift in his family.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Edgar Selwyn
Copyright MCMXXXIII [1933] in U.S.A. by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distribution Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents. Controlled by Loew’s Incorporated
Screen Play by: C. Gardner Sullivan
From the Play by: Reginald Lawrence, S.K. Lauren
Photographed by: George Folsey
Film Editor: William S. Gray
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Gowns by: Adrian
Art Director: Cedric Gibbons

Cast
Diana Wynyard (Laura)
Lewis Stone (Edward Seward)
Phillips Holmes (Bob Seward)
Ruth Selwyn (Peggy)
May Robson (Maman Seward)
Robert Young (Geoffrey)
Robert Greig (Albert)
Hedda Hopper (Mrs Chase)
Donald Dilloway (Steve)
Mary Carlisle (Evelyn)
Luis Alberni (Soto)

Alternative Titles

Los hombres deben pelear – Spain
Os Homens Devem Lutar – Portugal
Lição ao Mundo – Brazil
Miksi sodimme – Finland
Den ständiga faran – Sweden
What Woman Give – working title
男子戦わざる可らず – Japan

References

Periodicals

  • The Cinema Booking Guide Supplement vol.2 no.8 (April 1933) p.10 – credits, review
  • Photoplay vol.43 no.5 (April 1933) p.54
  • The Picturegoer vol.3 no.115 (5 August 1933) p.26 – review

Books

  • Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.318
  • Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.415