Counsellor at Law
Studio: Universal Pictures
Starring: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon
Director: William Wyler
Writer: Elmer Rice
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Counsellor at Law is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Elmer Rice is based on his 1931 Broadway play of the same title.
Trivia
- Based on Counsellor-at-Law (play by Elmer Rice).
- After directing a series of films he considered inconsequential, William Wyler was happy to be assigned to a prestigious project based on a play that had enjoyed successful runs on Broadway and in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
- Producer Carl Laemmle Jr. paid $150,000 for the screen rights, an unusually high price tag during the Great Depression, and to ensure the film's success he hired Elmer Rice to adapt his own play.
- In early August 1933, Wyler met Rice in Mexico City, where he was vacationing with his family, for preliminary discussions about the script.
Filming Locations
- Wyler approved of the screenplay, and principal photography was slated to begin on September 8. Laemmle wanted to cast Paul Muni as George Simon, the role he had created on stage, but the actor declined because he feared being typecast as Jewish.
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 5 Festivals
3,393 tickets sold
All runs on record (5):
- November 17 - 18, 2005 · 653 ticketsFall2005w/ Gold Diggers of 1933
- September 28 - 30, 2012 · 713 ticketsUNIVERSAL PICTURES Part 1: 1930-1935w/ One More River
- August 24 - 27, 2013 · 1,088 ticketsSummer 2013w/ Dinner at Eight
- October 19 - 20, 2019 · 559 ticketsUNIVERSAL PICTURES 1931-1935w/ Waterloo Bridge
- November 2 - 3, 2023 · 380 ticketsUniversal Pictures: Horror and Morew/ Back Street