An Actor, Too

The General Died at Dawn (1936)

Overview

Director: Lewis Milestone

Writers: Charles G. Booth (story)
Clifford Odets

Release Date: 30 October 1936 (Denmark)

Genre: Adventure / Crime / Thriller

Plot Outline: Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord. more

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Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. more

User Comments: Interesting Characters & Film more

Cast

(Complete credited cast)

	Gary Cooper	...	O'Hara
	Madeleine Carroll	...	Judy Perrie
	Akim Tamiroff	...	Gen. Yang
	Dudley Digges	...	Mr. Wu
	Porter Hall	...	Peter Perrie / Peter Martin
	William Frawley	...	Brighton
	J.M. Kerrigan	...	Leach
	Philip Ahn	...	Oxford
	Lee Tung Foo	...	Mr. Chen (as Lee Tung-Foo)
	Leonid Kinskey	...	Stewart (shipping line clerk)
	Val Durand	...	Wong (as Val Duran)
	Willie Fung	...	Bartender at Mansion House Hotel
	Hans Fuerberg	...	Yang's military advisor (as Hans Furberg)
	John O'Hara	...	Reporter

Additional Details

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Runtime: 98 min

Country: USA

Language: English

Color: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Company: Paramount Pictures

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Date of Birth: 31 January 1905, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA more

Date of Death: 11 April 1970, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. (heart disease) more

Mini Biography: Prolific middlebrow American author of the mid-twentieth century. Born... more

Trivia: Won a National Book Award in 1956 for his novel "Ten North Frederick." more

Awards: Won Primetime Emmy. more

Filmography

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John O'Hara (II) has 1 in-development credit available on IMDbPro.com. To view these credits click here.

Writer:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s

1. Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987) (TV) (story "Natica Jackson")
   ... aka Natica Jackson (USA: short title)
   ... aka Power, Passion and Murder
   
2. "Gibbsville" (13 episodes, 1976)
   - Afternoon Waltz (1976) TV episode (stories)
   - Andrea (1976) TV episode (stories)
   - All the Young Girls (1976) TV episode (stories)
   - Trapped (1976) TV episode (stories)
   - Saturday Night (1976) TV episode (stories)
   (8 more)
3. The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975) (TV) (stories The Doctor's Son)
   ... aka Gibbsville: The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
   ... aka John O'Hara's Gibbsville
   
4. A Rage to Live (1965) (novel)
   ... aka John O'Hara's A Rage to Live (USA: complete title)
5. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1 episode, 1963)
   ... aka The Chrysler Theater
   ... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
   - It's Mental Work (1963) TV episode (story)
6. Liebling, ich muß dich erschießen (1962) (play "Doublecross")
7. BUtterfield 8 (1960) (novel "Butterfield 8")
8. From the Terrace (1960) (novel)
   
9. Ten North Frederick (1958) (novel)
10. Pal Joey (1957) (book) (musical play) (uncredited)
11. The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) (story)
    On Our Merry Way (1948) (story)
12. Moontide (1942)
13. I Was an Adventuress (1940)
14. He Married His Wife (1940) (screenplay)
    

Actor: The General Died at Dawn (1936) .... Reporter

Additional Details

Other Works: Mid-twentieth century American author of several books which were successfully adapted for the movies ("Butterfield 8," "From the Terrace," "A Rage to Live," among many others). He also wrote numerous short stories, originally published in popular magazines and later anthologized in books ("The Cape Cod Lighter," "The O'Hara Generation"). more

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography more

Genres: Drama / Comedy / Crime / Adventure more

Plot Keywords: Based On Novel / Character Name In Title / Anthology / Divorce more

Membership Notes

An O'Hara Christmas

From Robert Saliba, Morristown, N.J.:--
Count me in on the forum discussions.

I read his stuff out loud to my wife almost continuously. Many times I stop, we look at each other, and wonder out loud how does he do it? The dialogue, the descriptions. No other writer has touched us this way. Right now we are going through the stories in Gibbsville, PA. Tonight we continue with Imagine Kissing Pete. They're all about to go the the Country Club.

Every Christmas Eve, it's been a tradition in our family to read a passage from the Bible and then The Night Before Christmas. I've been kidding my wife about adding the passage from Appointment in Samarra where Julian throws the drink in Harry Reilly's face.

To the person who inquired about a photograph showing the barber shop (in Cellar Domain): There might be something in Pamela MacArther's John O'Hara's Anthracite Country. The photographs are uncanny. They are exactly how my wife and I pictured things in his writings.

I have a first edition of From the Terrace. No jacket on it. The binding is a little off. My father bought it in 1959. That's how I got hooked on O'Hara a few years ago. One day I took it down from the bookshelf. I tried several times to get going with it, but gave up. I think the italics at the beginning discouraged me. Then one day I did get into it. I've been reading it ever since. I think my favorite novel is A Rage to Live. The critics focused too much on Grace Tate and the adultery. What they didn't really tell us was that almost every paragraph drips with social history. I think Mr. O'Hara said the hell with the critics. He was right. The critics were wrong and we are right.

When do we have our annual meeting? And Happy Holidays to all.

You're Invited!

You're Invited to Society's AGM!

The 2nd Annual General Meeting of the John O'Hara Society will be held at:

7 pm Saturday February 16 at:

the Pen + Pencil Club, 1522 Latimer Street. (Latimer Street is located between Locust and Pine streets).

Tel: +215.731.9909.

The P+P, deep in the heart O'Hara country in Philly, is private club. Dan is the bartender. Ask to be seated with the O'Hara group.

A full dinner menu is available.

Please RSVP soonest at johnoharasociety@yahoo.co.uk, or ring me at +(00)1-267.253.1086.

Don't forget to bring your O'Hara titles for swap, trade, or sale. Want lists, stockist lists, and memorablia also welcome.

NB: This site -- not the date -- is subject to change, depending on turnout. The club only limited seating capacity. If numbers turn out, we might to have move the venue. Will update, as necessary.

Richard

Membership Update

'Kiwi' Joins the Society;

Welcome Gerard!

Philadelphia: 16 December 2007
Gerard:--
Consider yourself a paid-up member of the John O'Hara. Though, of course, there are no dues, nor rules, for that matter. Congratulations! And special congrats as the FIRST Kiwi member!

What I'm hoping -- and I've got Christine's support in the past re this -- to create a forum in the 'pages' of the O'Hara Society site for discussion of the Master's works, life, and impact. Yes, there are few of us; I think, in the 80's, I was the only college prof rolling out an O'Hara literature course in the US. Things have not changed -- regarding his popularity, that is.

Which is 'blessing,' in a way. O'Hara books are thus cheap to buy. I supposing you are a collector, as well. If so, please tell me about NZ firsts that you might have. Dates? Publishers? That sort of thing. Of course, I have all American editions. Ditto for Brit and Canada and French. But now you're making me think re other 'Commonwealth' countries.

Will be posting this exchange to JOH website. Look for it there. Also O'Hara stuff, from time to time, on my Lit'ry Life website, Junto.blogspot.com.

Stay in touch. Spread the word. Season's Greetings,

Richard Carreno
Corresponding Sec'try

Gerard Smith wrote:
I am a real fan of John O'Hara, something about his detail and the word pictures he creates really gets to me.

I am a New Zealander, 60 years old, a television producer, live in Auckland, our largest city of 1.3 million and would like to keep in touch re what's happeing in the world of John O'Hara. I read what the critics from the literary world say about John and I wonder, What don't they see???? or feel???

All falling over themselves to be seen backing the right horse. And somewhere along the line that someone, the leading critic that they all take their cue from, didn't let all the other "sheepcritics" know how important John O'Hara was, or is. It's all about who's fashionable.

If there is a network that is supporting John O'Hara count me in.
Keep up the good work.