One Year Later (1933)
1933 · Feature film · 66 min · dir. E. Mason Hopper
- Drama
Synopsis
A man is convicted of killing his boss, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. On board the train taking him to prison for his execution are a reporter, who is dying of lung cancer and wants to interview the condemned man--and who also has some inside knowledge of the circumstances of the man's case. Also aboard is the prisoner's wife, who doesn't believe her husband is a killer and desperately wants to talk to him about it but he refuses to speak to her.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- E. Mason Hopper
- Writer
- F. Hugh Herbert
- Cinematography
- Faxon M. Dean
- Studio
- Allied Pictures
- Released
- 1933-08-24
- Running time
- 66 minutes
Cast & crew
E. Mason Hopper Director
Mary Brian
George Irving
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · What a surprise delight that was! · kareneliot · 2010-08-30
I almost turned it off 7 minutes in and then again at about 10 minutes in. If you can make it past minute 12 - you will be rewarded. This is a great movie! Highly recommended!
★★★★ · surprising ending · Dr Feel Rotten · 2010-11-10
Charming story a bit slow to develop, but well worth the wait. A pair of blissful honeymooners catch a train, then one year later tragedy struck leaving the groom on his way to execution in prison on the very same train with his bride following. Fate has a way of stepping in and a terminally ill reporter intimately familiar with the case gives the lucky couple a second chance at life. Also on the train to add to the story an older gentleman (politician?) cheating on his wife with an underage hooker and the prospect of facing the Mann act which prohibits transporting underage girls across…
★★★ · Old Time Chivalry · rclo · 2011-04-19
I found the first 12 minutes unremarkable - simply building the story, like most movies. Perhaps the reviewer requires slam-bang action every minute to eb entertained. The plot would have had more of the intended irony had there been a few minutes devoted earlier to the role played by the reporter in assuring the conviction. All-in-all, I enjoyed the flick, but, then, I prefer most 30s-40s movies to modern movies because the former don't rely on vulgarity and excessive violence and gore to pass for "entertainment."
