Mills of the Gods (1934)

8.0/10 66 min Drama

Overview

Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)

Cast

May Robson

Mary Hastings

Fay Wray

Jean Hastings

Victor Jory

Jim Devlin

Raymond Walburn

Willard Hastings

James Blakeley

Alex Hastings

Josephine Whittell

Henrietta Hastings

Mayo Methot

Sarah

Albert Conti

Count Filippo Di Fraschiani

Samuel S. Hinds

Burroughs

Willard Robertson

Thomas

Edward Keane

Morgan

Edward Van Sloan

Komeoski

Frank Reicher

Barrett

Frederick Vogeding

Njordstrom (as Fredrik Vogeding)

Guy Usher

Kennedy

Winter Hall

Bevins

Eddie Baker

Motorcycle Sergeant

George C. Pearce

Doctor

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