Up Pops the Devil
Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife and straining their marriage. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay is based on a 3-act play of the same name written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; the play ran on Broadway for 148 performances from September 1930 to January 1931 at the Theatre Masque.
Cast
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Biney Hatfield
- Stuart Erwin as Stranger
- Carole Lombard as Anne Merrick
- Lilyan Tashman as Polly Griscom
- Norman Foster as Steve Merrick
- Edward J. Nugent as George Kent
- Theodore [von Eltz] as Gilbert Morrell
- Joyce Compton as Luella May Carroll
- Willie Best as Laundryman
- Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Kent
- Harry Beresford as Mr. Platt
- Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Platt
- Guy Oliver as Waldo - Handyman
- Matty Roubert - as Newsboy