Sutter's Gold
(1936, 1h 9min, NR)
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(1936, 1h 9min, NR)No Rating

Sutter's Gold

(1936, 1h 9min, NR)

(1936, 1h 9min, NR)
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Genre

Western, Biography, Drama, History, Old movies

Synopsis

Universal plunged into the clutches of its creditors with its expensive fiasco Sutter's Gold. Edward Arnold plays Swiss immigrant Johann Sutter, who seeks his fortune in the California of the 1830s. Against all odds, Sutter builds up a huge land empire, only to watch its explode when gold is discovered at Sutter's mill in 1848. Prospectors, speculators and claim-jumpers strip Sutter of his hard-earned riches, and he is forced to retire on a minimal government pension. While the film ignores the dicier facts about the real Johann Sutter, who was as much confidence trickster and philanderer as he was visionary, and while history is distorted to the point that Sutter's Fort is subject to an Alamo-style Mexican raid, there is nothing really wrong with this on an entertainment level. But it went way over budget and was too downbeat a tale to score with a depression audience looking for optimistic answers to its own financial problems. The failure was softened somewhat by the success of Universal's subsequent Show Boat, but it was too late for the studio's Carl Laemmle regime, which would be ousted by the end of 1936. That same year, incidentally, a German film about Johann Sutter, The Kaiser of California, was made, with Hans Albers in the lead.

Cast

Johan (John) Sutter

Edward Arnold

Pete Perkin

Lee Tracy

Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski

Binnie Barnes

James Marshall

Addison Richards

Anna Sutter

Katharine Alexander

Capt. Kettleson

Montagu Love

Gen. Juan Batista Alvarado

John Miljan

Gen. Rotscheff

Robert Warwick

Kit Carson

Harry Carey

John Sutter Jr.

William Janney

Ann Eliza Sutter

Nan Grey

King Kamehamehe

Mitchell Lewis

General Fremont

Morgan Wallace

John Sutter Jr. (age 8)

Ronnie Cosbey

Juan Bautista Alvarado Jr.

Allen Vincent

Ann Eliza Sutter (age 3)

Joanne Smith

Gen. Ramos

Billy Gilbert

Senator Rand

Stanley Andrews

Senora Alvarado

Aura de Silva

Bartender

Oscar Apfel

Settler-Miner in Bar

Frank Austin

Guerino

John Bleifer

Lars

Harry Cording

Smythe

Sidney Bracey

San Francisco Mob Leader

Harry Bowen

Capt. Petroff

Bryant Washburn

Lt. Bacalenakoff

Gaston Glass

Sailor

Ed Brady

Man

Donald Briggs

Miner

Dick Cramer

First Newsboy

Tommy Bupp

Dr. Billings

George Irving

Rider / Messenger

Eddy Chandler

Defense Attorney

Wallis Clark

Governor Felipe Vega

Frank Reicher

Man

Jim Thorpe

John Sutter Jr. - Age 8

Ronnie Cosby

Miner

Richard Cramer

Man

Charles Farr

Missouri Trader

Frank Darien

Brown

Russell Powell

Undetermined Role

Neely Edwards

John Jacob Astor

Harry Stubbs

Man

Albert J. Smith

Charlie - Chinese Waiter

Chester Gan

Man

José Rubio

William H. Ruhl

Wagon Driver

Edward Gargan

Native Girl

Priscilla Lawson

Man

Paul Weigel

Captain Jensen

William Gould

Prosecuting Attorney

Jonathan Hale

Crazed Sailor

Russell Hopton

De La Cruz

Pedro Regas

Johann, Waiter

Olaf Hytten

San Francisco Committee Man

Lloyd Ingraham

Aide

William Ruhl

2nd Newsboy

Dickie Jones

Hawaiian

Al Kikume

San Francisco Committee Man

Charles King

Alvarado Jr.

John 'Dusty' King

Nurse

Andrea Leeds

Bo'sun

George Lloyd

Sailor

Walter Long

Miner

James Pier Mason

Miner in Bar

Frank Mayo

Rider with Carson

Bud Osborne

Mexican Officer

John Picorri

Bald Tallest Seaman - Slave Ship

Constantine Romanoff

San Francisco Troublemaker

Tiny Sandford

Seaman

Ray Spiker

General Fremont's Scout

Harry Strang

Lewis's Secretary

Phil Tead

Swiss Police Prefect Wache

Guy Usher

Mexican Officer

Lucio Villegas

Conspirator at Inn

Frederick Vogeding

3rd Newsboy

Delmar Watson

Streetcar Owner

Clarence Wilson

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