The Working Man
Starring: George Arliss, Bette Davis, Claire McDowell
Director: John G. Adolfi
Producer: Jack Warner
The Working Man is a 1933 pre-Code American comedy film starring George Arliss and Bette Davis, and directed by John G. Adolfi. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Maude T. Howell is based on the story The Adopted Father by Edgar Franklin. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
Trivia
- The Warner Bros. release marked the second pairing of George Arliss and Bette Davis, who co-starred in The Man Who Played God the year before.
- The film had its world premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
- The 1936 20th Century Fox film Everybody's Old Man was based on the same source.
Previous Showings
7 Runs • 5 Festivals
3,305 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (June 28, 1933)
Original Run: June 28, 1933 (Wednesday - Saturday)
All runs on record (7):
- June 28, 1933 (Wednesday - Saturday)George Arliss, Bette Davis
- April 26 - 27, 2008 · 830 ticketsw/ Parachute Jumper
- July 7 - 9, 2010 · 704 ticketsSummer 2010w/ The House of Rothschild
- July 17 - 19, 2013 · 626 ticketsSummer 2013w/ The Devil to Pay
- April 26 - 27, 2018Bette Davis Complete early films: 1931 - 1938w/ Parachute Jumper
- October 5 - 7, 2018 · 781 ticketsBette Davisw/ The Man Who Came to Dinner
- July 1 - 2, 2026 · 364 ticketsSummer 2026 including the Films of Marilyn Monroew/ As Young As You Feel