The Prodigal (1931 film)

The Prodigal is a 1931 Pre-Code early talkie film starring Lawrence Tibbett, Esther Ralston, Roland Young and Hedda Hopper. The film was extremely provocative in its time in that it viewed adultery in a non-judgmental, even positive light.

Plot

Cast

• Lawrence Tibbett as Jeffrey Farraday
• Esther Ralston as Antonia Farraday
• Roland Young as Doc aka Somerset Greenman
• Cliff Edwards as Snipe, a Tramp
• Purnell Pratt as Rodman Farraday
• Hedda Hopper as Christine
• Emma Dunn as Mrs. Cynthia Farraday
• Stepin Fetchit as Hokey
• Louis John Bartels as George
• Theodore von Eltz as Carter Jerome
• Wally Albright as Peter
• Susanne Ransom as Elsbeth
• Gertrude Howard as Naomi
• John Larkin as Andrew Jackson Jones

See also

• Pre-Code sex films

References

Sources

• Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934. New York: Columbia University Press 1999.

External links

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