Ah, Wilderness! (1935) |
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| Director(s) | Clarence Brown |
| Producer(s) | Clarence Brown, Hunt Stromberg |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Alcohol, Based on Play, School, Turn of the Century |
Featured Cast of Ah, Wilderness! See More »
Wallace Beery
(as Sidney 'Sid' Miller)
Lionel Barrymore
(as Nat Miller)
Aline MacMahon
(as Lily Davis)
Cecilia Parker
(as Muriel McComber)
Spring Byington
(as Essie Miller)
Mickey Rooney
(as Tommy Miller)
Frank Albertson
(as Arthur Miller)
Bonita Granville
(as Mildred Miller)
Ah, Wilderness! Overview:
Ah, Wilderness! (1935) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Clarence Brown and Hunt Stromberg.
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Ah, Wilderness! Quotes:
Richard 'Dick' Miller:
I'm afraid I was born a hundred years before my time.
Muriel McComber: I was born ten days ahead of mine.
See More Quotes from Ah, Wilderness!Muriel McComber: I was born ten days ahead of mine.
Ah, Wilderness! Facts
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The original production opened at the Guild Theater (New York) on October 2, 1933 and played for 289 performances. The original cast included actor/song writer/playwright George M. Cohan. The play has been revived on Broadway four times since the original production.
That gazebo is still in place in Grafton, MA as of December 2010.
The gazebo in this film, a symbol of the typical American town, was built specially for the movie.
This film was the first to have media ads taken out campaigning for an Academy Award. The ads depicted MGMs Leo the Lion holding an Oscar, reading "You've given so much, Leo - now get ready to receive!" Despite the ads (or perhaps because of them) the film received no Academy Award nominations.
Will Rogers planned to play Nat Miller in this film, but eventually backed out of the project, enabling him to make the ill-fated airplane trip with Wiley Post to Alaska. The plane crashed, killing them both.