Dynamite
Dynamite is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, and Julia Faye. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, John Howard Lawson, and Gladys Unger, the film is about a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed, whom a socialite marries simply to satisfy a condition of her grandfather's will. Mitchell Leisen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
Plot
Coal miner Hagon Derk is sentenced to hang for murder. His only concern is for his young sister Katie, who will be left all alone. Meanwhile, frivolous socialite Cynthia Crothers will not inherit her grandfather's millions and will be penniless if she is not married by her twenty-third birthday (a month away). She is "engaged" to Roger Towne, but he is married to Marcia. Marcia has her own lover, Marco, and is willing to grant Roger a divorce ... for the right price. The women settle on $100,000 behind Roger's back.
More details
| author | Gladys Buchanan Unger Jeanie MacPherson John Howard Lawson |
|---|---|
| director | Cecil B. DeMille Mitchell Leisen |
| editor | Anne Bauchens |
| events | capital punishment |
| genre | drama social |
| keywords | coal miner confesses before dying cook deathbed confession engage kill laugh man with a gun married mining town newspaper ad rescue shop traffic accident way of life write young boy |
| musicBy | Herbert Stothart |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| producer | Cecil B. DeMille |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| theme | romantic drama |