Two Sinners

1935 film by Arthur Lubin

Otto Kruger
Martha Sleeper
Minna Gombell
Ferdinand Munier
Cora Sue Collins
Margaret Seddon
Harrington Reynolds

CinematographyHarry NeumannEdited byJack Ogilvie

Production
company

Trem Carr Productions

Distributed byRepublic Pictures

Release date

September 12, 1935 (1935-09-12)

Running time

72 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Two Sinners is a 1935 film directed by Arthur Lubin.^[1]^[2]

Plot

In London, Henry Vane gets out of prison after serving fifteen years for murder and tries to rebuild his life.

Cast

Otto Kruger as Henry Vane
Martha Sleeper as Elsie Summerstone
Minna Gombell as Claudine Pym
Ferdinand Munier as Monte Alabaster
Cora Sue Collins as Sally Pym
Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Summerstone
Harrington Reynolds as Major Ritchie
Fred Walton as Shepley
Olaf Hytten as French judge
Montague Shaw as Humphrey Grylls
William P. Carleton as Heggie
Harold Entwistle as Pateman

Production

The working title of Two Sinners was Two Black Sheep, the title of the 1933 Warwick Deeping novel on which it was based.^[3] The novel had become a best seller.^[4] In May 1935, Republic announced they would make a film of the novel.^[5] The same month, Arthur Lubin signed a contract with Republic for a year to make six pictures starting with the book Two Black Sheep that became the film Two Sinners.^[6]

Otto Kruger was cast in July 1935.^[7]

Release

Two Sinners was released as a second feature in some U.S. theaters alongside the Kay Francis vehicle The Goose and the Gander.^[3]

The film impressed the holders of the rights to a W.W. Jacobs story which persuaded them to sell it to Lubin years later to make Footsteps in the Fog.^[8]

References

^ Schallert, E. (Sep 19, 1935). "Paramount preparing "rip van winkle" as W. C. fields starring picture". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 163378429.
^ Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.
^ ^a ^b "Photo-Drama". Lewiston Daily Sun. 28 July 2014. p. 2.
^ "Best Sellers Here and Elsewhere". New York Times. Sep 25, 1933. p. 13.
^ "46 FILMS SCHEDULED BY REPUBLIC PICTURES". New York Times. May 14, 1935. p. 17.
^ Schallert, E. (May 28, 1935). "Negotiations started for filming of "petrified forest" with leslie howard". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 163303169.
^ "SCREEN NOTES". New York Times. 17 July 1935. p. 22.
^ Schallert, E. (Aug 15, 1949). "Super oscar winners likely to join forces; latin gains star rating". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166004527.