Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Director:
Alfred Santell
Writer:
Jack Moffitt
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Bob Burns as Lem Schofield |
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Susan Hayward as Judith Schofield |
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Joseph Allen as Clay Clinton |
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Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Tillie |
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Charles Bickford as Shep Muir |
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Gene Lockhart as J.T. Tapley |
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Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Barker |
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Otto Hoffman as Mr. Stoney |
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Clarence Kolb as Jim Hanna |
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Paul Guilfoyle as Jerry Peters |
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Fay Helm as Tonia |
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Hattie Noel as Druscilla |
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Kathryn Sheldon as Miss Swan |
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Monte Blue as Frank |
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Jim Kelso as Chief of Police |
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Harry C. Bradley as Director |
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Frances Morris as Maid |
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Thomas Louden as Frederick the Butler |
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Olaf Hytten as Charles, the Butler |
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Phil Dunham as Janitor |
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Gus Glassmire as Doctor |
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Max Wagner as Workman |
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Arthur Arlington as Delegate |
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Heinie Conklin as Porter |
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Nell Craig as Bridge Player |
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Thomas A. Curran as Member |
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Sidney D'Albrook as Workman |
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Helen Dickson as Member |
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Florence Dudley as Phone Operator |
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Galan Galt as Workman |
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Ethyl May Halls as Member |
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Workman |
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Russell Hicks as Chairman |
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Paul Kruger as Workman |
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Peggy Leon as Bridge Player |
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George Magrill as Workman |
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Wally Maher as Convention Clerk |
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Gertrude Messinger as Phone Operator |
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Frank O'Connor as Member |
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Broderick O'Farrell as Member |
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Jack Richardson as Member |
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Cyril Ring as Delegate |
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Ruth Robinson as Mrs. Hanna |
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Syd Saylor as Sam |
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C.L. Sherwood as Porter |
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Harry Smiley as Member |
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Harry Stafford as Member |
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Larry Steers as Delegate |
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Hayden Stevenson as Member |
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Harry Tenbrook as Workman |
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Jane Webb as Phone Operator |
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Lillian West as Bridge Player |
| Directing | Alfred Santell | Director |
| Writing | Jack Moffitt | Screenplay |
| Writing | Irvin S. Cobb | Story |
| Sound | Gerard Carbonara | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hugh Bennett | Editor |
| Art | Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Production | George M. Arthur | Producer |
| Production | William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Directing | Russell Mathews | Assistant Director |
