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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
(1946)
Producer and Director: Preston
Sturges. Assistant Director: Barton Adams. Screenplay: Preston
Sturges. Technical Director: Curtis Courant. Photography: Robert
Pittack. Special Effects Photography: John P. Fulton. Editor:
Thomas Neff. Art Director: Robert Usher. Set Decoration: Victor
A. Gangelin. Film Clip: The Freshman (1925), Pathe. Sound:
Fred Lau. Musical Score: Werner Heymann. Love Theme by Harry
Rosenthal. Make-up: Ted Larsen (Uncredited: Wally Westmore).
Studios: Goldwyn, Paramount. Production: California Pictures.
Distribution: United Artists.
Release Date: February 1947.
Running Time: 91 minutes.
| Harold
Diddlebock |
|
Harold
Lloyd |
| Miss
Otis |
|
Frances
Ramsden |
| Wormy |
|
Jimmy
Conlin |
| E.J.
Waggleberry |
|
Raymond
Walburn |
| Bartender |
|
Edgar
Kennedy |
| Manicurist |
|
Arline
Judge |
| Formfit
Franklin |
|
Franklin
Pangborn |
| Banker |
|
Rudy
Vallee |
| Max |
|
Lionel
Stander |
| Barber |
|
Torben
Meyer |
| Harold's
Sister |
|
Margaret
Hamilton |
| Circus
Manager |
|
Al
Bridge |
| Mike |
|
Frank
Moran |
| Coachman |
|
Robert
Greig |
| Professor
Potelle |
|
Vic
Potel |
| Bearded
Lady |
|
Georgia
Caine |
| Banker |
|
Robert
Dudley |
| James
Smoke |
|
Jack
Norton |
| Banker
Blackston |
|
Arthur
Hoyt |
| Snake
Charmer |
|
Gladys
Forrest |
| Doorman |
|
Max
Wagner |
With Jackie, the lion
Note: Howard Hughes had The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
pulled from release before it could play either New York or
Los Angeles. A re-edited version, titled Mad Wednesday,
was finally released through RKO in January of 1950. The additional
cutting was done by Stuart Gilmore under Hughes’ supervision.
Added to the shortened climax were two shots of Robert Greig’s
horse singing to himself. These shots were animated by Jerry
Fairbanks Inc. Hughes cut Rudy Vallee from the film, although
Vallee can be glimpsed in the bidding scene toward the end.
The running time of Mad Wednesday is 72 minutes.
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