Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
Drama
Overview
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
Cast
- Walter Connolly as John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff
- Doris Kenyon as Margaret Forrester
- Robert Young as Jack Forrester
- Scotty Beckett as Jack Forrester, Age 4
- Henry Kolker as Carlo - the Puppeteer
- Akim Tamiroff as Peter Korotoff
- Gilbert Emery as Professor Weaver
- George Humbert as Niccoli
- Hobart Bosworth as Alec Klein
- Macon Jones as Jack Forrester - Age 14