The Flood (1931)
The story centers on a sordid love triangle involving a woman and two men. Their personal tensions and romantic complications reach a breaking point just as the local infrastructure fails. The climax of the film occurs when a massive dam bursts, unleashing a catastrophic flood. This disaster serves as the ultimate resolution for the characters' interpersonal struggles, forcing a conclusion to their conflicting relationships through the life-and-death stakes of the inundation.
Director:
James Tinling
Writer:
John T. Neville
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Eleanor Boardman as Joan Marshall |
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Monte Blue as David Bruce |
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Frank Sheridan as David Bruce Sr. |
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David Newell as Randolph Bannister |
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William V. Mong as Colonel Marshall |
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Eddie Tamblyn as Willy |
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Arthur Hoyt as Uncle George |
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Ethel Wales as Aunt Constance |
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Violet Barlowe as Emily |
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Bud Rae as Jeff |
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Ethan Allen as Oil Skins |
| Directing | James Tinling | Director |
| Writing | John T. Neville | Screenplay |
| Camera | John Stumar | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gene Milford | Editor |
| Sound | Peter Brunelli | Music |
