All That Money Can Buy (1941)

10899 Wilshire Boulevard,Los Angeles CA 90024

20 May, 2022

Description

UCLA Film & Television Archive presents free screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum. Please review our COVID-19 protocols and admission policies. ---------- Set in 1840s rural New Hampshire, this Faustian gothic fantasy centers around down-on-his-luck farmer Jabez Stone (Edward Arnold), a man who has gazed into the eyes of disenfranchisement for far too long. Amid his misfortune, his desperation leads him to a seven-year deal with the devil (Walter Huston). Based on screenwriter Stephen Vincent Benet’s short story from 1936, All That Money Can Buy was the first independent production of German-born actor-turned-director William Dieterle. DCP, b&w, 109 min. Production/Distribution: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Producer/Director: William Dieterle. Screenwriters: Dan Totheroh, Stephen Vincent Benet. Cinematographer: Joseph August. With: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, Gene Lockhart.