The President Vanishes (1934 film)

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The President Vanishes (1934 film) is an American political thriller drama from the early sound era, adapted from Rex Stout’s novel about a mysterious presidential disappearance amid a looming war.

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instanceOf American film
drama film
film
political thriller film
authorOfSourceWork Rex Stout
basedOn The President Vanishes (novel)
novel by Rex Stout
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Victor Milner
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts arms industry influence on politics
cabinet crisis
director William A. Wellman
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor William Shea
era early sound era
genre drama
political thriller
hasSetting fictional United States presidency
medium 35 mm film
motionPictureRatingSystemEra pre-Code Hollywood
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
musicBy Karl Hajos
narrativeFocus search for missing president
narrativeLocation Washington, D.C.
originalLanguage English
producer Walter Wanger
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1934
releaseDate 1934-10-26
runtimeMinutes 80
screenwriter Allen Rivkin
Lynn Starling
setInPeriod interwar period
stars Adrienne Ames
Andy Devine
Arthur Byron
Edward Arnold
Edward Ellis
Gene Lockhart
Osgood Perkins
Paul Kelly
Peggy Conklin
Walter Kingsford
theme looming war
political conspiracy
presidential disappearance

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The President Vanishes basedOn The President Vanishes (novel)
linked to: The President Vanishes (1934 film)