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THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Dynamite Denny (1932)

52 mins | Drama | 27 May 1932

Cast:

Jay Wilsey, Blanche Mehaffey, William V. Mong [ More ]

Director:

Frank Strayer

Writer:

W. Scott Darling

Cinematographer:

Jules Cronjager

Editor:

Byron Robinson

Production Companies:

Ralph M. Like, Ltd., Action Pictures, Inc.
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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Film Daily
8 Jul 1932
p. 22
Variety
20 Sep 1932
p. 15
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Mayfair Pictures Corp.
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
Frank R. Strayer
Frank Strayer
Dir
Arthur S. Black
Asst dir
WRITER
W. Scott Darling
Story and cont
PHOTOGRAPHY
Jules Cronjager
Photog
FILM EDITOR
Byron Robinson
Ed
SOUND
O. B. Mills
Sd
PRODUCTION MISC
Vernon Keays
Prod mgr
DETAILS
Release Date:
27 May 1932
Production Date:
at International Film Studios
Physical Properties:
Sound
Black and White
Duration(in mins):
52
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Denny is a young engineer who works through a strike and is thrown out by his union. Despite his doctor's advice, the chairman of the board of the railroad dons the attire of a laborer to study working conditions first-hand. Unaware of the chairman's identity, Denny befriends him and together they fight against the strikers. When the chairman is knocked unconscious by a runaway train, Denny saves his life and wins the love of the chairman's daughter as well as a job as ...

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Denny is a young engineer who works through a strike and is thrown out by his union. Despite his doctor's advice, the chairman of the board of the railroad dons the attire of a laborer to study working conditions first-hand. Unaware of the chairman's identity, Denny befriends him and together they fight against the strikers. When the chairman is knocked unconscious by a runaway train, Denny saves his life and wins the love of the chairman's daughter as well as a job as yardmaster.

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Rescues, Strikes and lockouts, Physicians, Railroads, Fathers and daughters, Trade unions, Engineers, Employer-employee relations, Train wrecks, Labor agitators
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