Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. See how the colorado river flowed before, and after, the construction of. The film also brought him top billing for the first time in his sadly brief career 17 films in five years. Hoover dam, once known as boulder dam, is a concrete archgravity dam in the. This film has some footage that i have not seen before including the. Boulder dam 1936 ross alexander finally got to star in a story torn from the headlines, a warner bros.
Once there he begins working as a construction guy at boulder dam while falling in love with a woman patricia ellis who befriended him but soon a man lyle talbot who knew him in. Boulder dam 1936 out of 4 predictable b movie from warner has detroit mechanic rusty noonan ross alexander accidentally killing his boss after being fired so he heads off to colorado to start over. Hoover dam, built during the great depression, drew men desperate for. According to a classic images article on ross written by john r. During an altercation with his boss he kills the man in selfdefense. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the great depression and. This department of interior film captures boulder dam better known as hoover dam in the midst of its construction.
Boulder dam is a 1936 american drama film directed by frank mcdonald and written by sy. During an altercation with his boss he kills the man in self defense. Harnessing power aka boulder dam opened 1936 youtube. The hoover dam, known as the boulder dam when completed in 1936. Hoover dam, originally known as boulder dam, is located in the black canyon of the. Shows the colorado river, electric power transmission lines, and a steel plant in operation. Boulder dam 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dam was originally piqued by his initial viewing of the hourlong documentary film. Figures inventors artists musicians movies philosophers presidents. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Reclamation in the arid west 1936 internet archive. He finds work in colorado building the great dam, proves to be a hardworking honest.
It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the great. The hoover dam megastructures full national geographic. Boulder dam 1936 frank mcdonald, ross alexander, patricia ellis, lyle talbot, action, drama april 27, 2017 rusty noonan, a hardboiled, cynical, selfish smartaleck, working as a mechanic in a detroit garage, is outraged when he has to work overtime on repairing the shoddy work he had done on a taxicab, gets into an argument with the. Fate brings a job at boulder dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.
With ross alexander, patricia ellis, lyle talbot, eddie acuff. In this romantic crime drama, a young detroit criminal flees into the west after accidentally killing his boss. Hoover dam is a concrete archgravity dam in the black canyon of the colorado river, on the border between the u. Boulder dam is a 1936 american drama film directed by frank mcdonald and written by sy bartlett and ralph block. Jul 10, 2014 the rarely seen back of the hoover dam before it filled with water 1936 imgur we could see it again soon, should the drought continue. Rusty noonan, a hardboiled, cynical, selfish smartaleck, working as a mechanic in a detroit garage, is outraged when he has to work overtime on repairing the shoddy work he had done on a taxicab, gets into an argument with the shopforeman, wison. The film stars ross alexander, patricia ellis, lyle talbot, eddie acuff, henry oneill and egon brecher. Photographs show drawing by robert lockwood, scale models, sketches for plaques with historical and other data, ca. Notes about boulder dam, 1936, directed by frank mcdonald, with ross alexander, patricia ellis, lyle talbot, available from turner classic movies. Search results for photo, print, drawing, boulder dam, available. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of boulder dam with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at.
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