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Heroes for Sale (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
72 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1933 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William A. Wellman

Written By:
Robert Lord
Wilson Mizner

Actors:
Richard Barthelmess ..... Tom
Aline MacMahon ..... Mary
Loretta Young ..... Ruth
Gordon Westcott ..... Roger
Robert Barrat ..... Max
Berton Churchill ..... Mr. Winston
Grant Mitchell ..... George Gibson
Charley Grapewin ..... Pa Dennis
Robert McWade ..... Dr. Briggs
G. Pat Collins ..... Leader of Agitators
James Murray ..... Blind Soldier
Edwin Maxwell ..... Laundry Company President
Margaret Seddon ..... Jeanette Holmes
Arthur Vinton ..... Captain Joyce
Robert Elliott ..... 'Red' Squad Policeman #1

Synopsis:

What isn't Heroes for Sale about? Within its time frame, this film (co-written by "professional cynic" Wilson Mizner) tackles such issues as disenfranchised war veterans, misguided hero worship, drug addiction, the Depression, capitalism, labor relations and communism. Richard Barthelmess plays a wounded war hero whose hospital stay has turned him into a morphine junkie. He wanders from town to town looking for work during the Depression, only to be turned away with a "we've got our own to watch out for!" Eventually, Barthelmess befriends millionaire-in-the-making Robert H. Barrat, who has invented a revolutionary washing machine. Becoming Barrat's partner, Barthelmess attempts to quell a strike by workers who've been stirred up by Red agitators. With all this going on, Barthelmess still finds time to romance Loretta Young. Heroes for Sale is very much a product of its time, though its entertainment value has remained solid for well over six decades.

The saga of Tom Holmes - a man of principles - from the Great War to the Great Depression. Will he ever get a break? His war heroics earn fame and a medal for someone else, and his wounds result in a morpheme addiction that costs him a job, his reputation in his home town, and months in a clinic. He goes to Chicago, where he's enterprising and dedicated to his work and his fellow workers, but an invention he champions results in the opposite of his intentions, leading to loss of life and an unjust imprisonment. After release, during the Depression, he must face local "red squads" and vigilante groups jousting out jobless men. Will anyone see his true heroic character?

World War I hero Tom Holmes (Richard Barthelmess) finds life back in Depression-era America uncharacteristically hard. Tom cannot find work, and after being wounded in battle, he's struggling with a dependency on pain medicine. After Tom beats his addiction and lands in Chicago, he settles down with a woman (Loretta Young) and gets a job at a laundromat. But trouble is still ahead, as union groups threaten Tom's job, and he gets caught up in the mounting unrest sweeping through the city.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 03 March, 2014.