The Expert (1932 film)

The Expert
The Expert
Directed by	Archie Mayo
Written by	Julien Josephson; Maude T. Howell
Based on	play Minick by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, taken from Ferber's short story Old Man Minick
Produced by	Warner Brothers
Starring	Chic Sale; Dickie Moore
Cinematography	Robert Kurrle; Al Green; John Shepek
Edited by	James Gibbon
Music by	Leo F. Forbstein
Distributed by	Warner Brothers; Vitaphone
Release date	March 5, 1932;
Running time	8 reels
Country	USA
Language	English

The Expert is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama directed by Archie Mayo and starring Chic Sale and Dickie Moore. It is based on a 1924 Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman play, Minick, which is based on the short story "Old Man Minick" by Ferber. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.^[1]

The Library of Congress holds a print.^[2]

Cast

Chic Sale - Grandpa John T. Minick
Dickie Moore - Dickie
Lois Wilson - Nettie Minick
Ralf Harolde - Jim Crowley
Adrienne Dore - Sadie Crowley
Earle Foxe - Fred Minick
Noel Francis - Daisy
Elizabeth Patterson - Miss Crackenwald
Dorothea Wolbert - Annie
Charles E. Evans - Hard of Hearing Grant Resident
Louise Beavers - Lulu
Walter Catlett - Al
May Boley - Mrs. Smallbridge
Ben Holmes - Price
William Robyns - Briggs
Zita Moulton - Miss Lippencott
Elsa Peterson - Miss Stack
Adolph Leonard -

Reception

A 1932 review in TIME Magazine described the film as "a profligate adaptation of Edna Ferber's story Old Man Minick."^[3] According to a 1932 review in The New York Times, "The story of Old Man Minick's misadventures when he comes to live with his son in Chicago is told in a halting, disjointed script which seems never quite sure where it is going. By trying to tell too much of Edna Ferber's novel, the adapters have blurred the picture and made much of it unconvincing."^[4] International Photographer called the film "well worth seeing."^[5]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Expert
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.52 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
^ "The New Pictures". TIME Magazine. March 7, 1932 – via EBSCOhost.
^ "Old Man Minick". The New York Times. February 27, 1932.
^ Blaisdell, George. "Looking In on Just a Few New Ones." The International Photographer Vol. 4 No. 2 p33. March, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Expert

[2] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.52 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

[3] "The New Pictures". TIME Magazine. March 7, 1932 – via EBSCOhost.

[4] "Old Man Minick". The New York Times. February 27, 1932.

[5] Blaisdell, George. "Looking In on Just a Few New Ones." The International Photographer Vol. 4 No. 2 p33. March, 1932. Accessed 7 May 2023.

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Musicals based on his plays	Sherry! (1967) Merrily We Roll Along (1981)
Films	Someone Must Pay (1919) Someone in the House (1920) Dulcy (1923) To the Ladies (1923) Merton of the Movies (1924) Welcome Home (1925) Beggar on Horseback (1925) The Butter and Egg Man (1928) The Cocoanuts (1929) Not So Dumb (1930) Animal Crackers (1930) The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) June Moon (1931) The Expert (1932) The Tenderfoot (1932) Make Me a Star (1932) Once in a Lifetime (1932) Dinner at Eight (1933) Roman Scandals (1933) The Man with Two Faces (1934) You Can't Take It with You (1938) The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Films as a director	The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)