COUNSELLOR AT LAW1933
Counsellor at Law
Movie Rating
MOVIE RATING
Average Rating: 3.5 (out of 5) (82 votes cast)
Source of Film
SOURCE OF FILM
- Counsellor-at-Law
- by Elmer Rice (1892-1967)
Already a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright by the time he wrote Counsellor-at-Law, Rice used his brief, early career as a lawyer to depict a New York legal office to realistic effect.
A prolific writer, Rice already had 13 of his works produced on Broadway before Counsellor-at-Law, a play he wrote, produced and staged, ran for over 400 performances between 1931 and 1933. Paul Muni was the star.
Rice also wrote the screenplay for the 1933 film version. Although 8 of his plays had already been adapted for the screen by 1933, Rice had only previously written the screenplay for one other of his plays.
Producer Detail
PRODUCER DETAIL
- Carl Laemmle, Jr.
- Head of Production, Universal Studios
(1928-1936)
Director Detail
DIRECTOR DETAIL
- William Wyler
- Universal Studios
- (1925-1935)
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- (1935-1946)
- Paramount Pictures
- (1949-1955)
Film Run-time and Synopsis
RUNTIME & SYNOPSIS
The career of a defense lawyer is jeopardized when the manufacturing of false testimony comes to light in an old conviction. William Wyler directs John Barrymore.
Film Comments
FILM COMMENTS
MPAA Rating
No rating
Box Office Ranking
BOX OFFICE RANKING
- 1933 Domestic Box Office Rank: #34
Theatrical Revenues
GROSS
- (Adjusted Gross in $millions)
- Domestic Theatrical Release: $80m
William Wyler had to resort to strategically placed cue cards to get John Barrymore, by now a heavy drinker, to remember his lines.