Winterset (1936)
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Maxwell Anderson combined the Sacco-Vanzetti story with elements of the still-unsolved disappearance of Judge Crater, and the result was the blank-verse theatrical piece Winterset. Burgess Meredith, Margo and Eduardo Cianelli repeat their Broadway roles, respectively playing the grown son of an… More Maxwell Anderson combined the Sacco-Vanzetti story with elements of the still-unsolved disappearance of Judge Crater, and the result was the blank-verse theatrical piece Winterset. Burgess Meredith, Margo and Eduardo Cianelli repeat their Broadway roles, respectively playing the grown son of an executed political radical, the woman who loves and stands by Meredith, and a menacing gangster with plenty to hide. 15 years after the execution, Meredith endeavors to clear his father's name, and to that end seeks out the judge (Edward Ellis) who presided over the trial, now a drunken, guilt-ridden derelict. Screenwriter Anthony Veiller remove most of Anderson's flowery dialogue and substituted a happy ending for the original play's cynically tragic denouement. Neither of these changes hurt the property, and in fact were heartily endorsed by Maxwell Anderson himself. But depression-era audiences, too wrapped in their own current problems to shed tears over the long-dead Sacco and Vanzetti, stayed away from Winterset in droves. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alfred Santell
- Written By
- Anthony Veiller
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 3, 1936 Wide
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Cast
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Burgess Meredith
as Mio
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Margo
as Mariamne
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Eduardo Ciannelli
as Trock
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John Carradine
as Romagna
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Edward Ellis
as Judge Gaunt
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Paul Guilfoyle
as Garth
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Maurice Moscovich
as Esdra
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Stanley Ridges
as Shadow
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Willard Robertson
as Policeman
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Mischa Auer
as Radical
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Myron McCormick
as Carr
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Helen Jerome Eddy
as Mrs. Romagna
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Barbara Pepper
as A Girl
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Alec Craig
as Hobo
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Fernanda Eliscu
as Piny
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George Humbert
as Lucia
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Murray Alper
as Louie
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Paul Fix
as Joe
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Lucille Ball
as Girl
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Alan Curtis
as Sailor
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Grace Hayle
as Woman
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Al Hill
as Gangster
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Otto Hoffman
as Elderly Man
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Arthur Loft
as District Attorney
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Bobby Caldwell
as Mio as a Boy
- Maurice Moscovitch
