The Pay Off (1930)
65 mins | Melodrama | 15 October 1930
Cast:
Lowell Sherman, Marion Nixon , Hugh Trevor [ More ]Director:
Lowell ShermanWriters:
Jane Murfin, Samuel ShipmanCinematographer:
J. Roy HuntEditor:
Rose SmithProduction Designer:
Max RéeProduction Company:
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.The screen adaptation of Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer’s 1927 play, Crime, initially retained that title. However, the Motion Picture Production Code refused permission to RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., to use the title Crime. The film was briefly renamed The Losing Game before a final change to The Pay Off, announced in the 13 September 1930 [Brooklyn, NY] Standard Union.
Filming took place circa August 1930. An item in the 20 September 1930 Inside Facts of Stage and Screen reported that cutting and editing of the picture were nearly finished. Theatrical release occurred the following month, on 15 October 1930.
A news brief in the 13 September 1930 issue of Inside Facts of Stage and Screen claimed that actor-director Lowell Sherman performed in blackface in this film. ...
The screen adaptation of Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer’s 1927 play, Crime, initially retained that title. However, the Motion Picture Production Code refused permission to RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., to use the title Crime. The film was briefly renamed The Losing Game before a final change to The Pay Off, announced in the 13 September 1930 [Brooklyn, NY] Standard Union.
Filming took place circa August 1930. An item in the 20 September 1930 Inside Facts of Stage and Screen reported that cutting and editing of the picture were nearly finished. Theatrical release occurred the following month, on 15 October 1930.
A news brief in the 13 September 1930 issue of Inside Facts of Stage and Screen claimed that actor-director Lowell Sherman performed in blackface in this film.
The Losing Game
The Pay-Off
Annabelle and Tommy, engaged to be married, are robbed by a gang of thieves headed by Gene Fenmore. Tommy recognizes Rocky, a younger member of the gang, and with Annabelle attempts to rob Rocky and some of his cohorts; however, they are foiled, and Fenmore decides to give them jobs working for him. Against Fenmore's orders, Rocky induces Tommy and Annabelle to join them in a holdup; Rocky kills a shopowner, and the young couple are caught and arrested for the crime. In order to clear them, Fenmore confesses to having planned the robbery, then brings Rocky to task for his ruse; in the ensuing melee, Rocky is killed and Fenmore's gang turns against ...
Annabelle and Tommy, engaged to be married, are robbed by a gang of thieves headed by Gene Fenmore. Tommy recognizes Rocky, a younger member of the gang, and with Annabelle attempts to rob Rocky and some of his cohorts; however, they are foiled, and Fenmore decides to give them jobs working for him. Against Fenmore's orders, Rocky induces Tommy and Annabelle to join them in a holdup; Rocky kills a shopowner, and the young couple are caught and arrested for the crime. In order to clear them, Fenmore confesses to having planned the robbery, then brings Rocky to task for his ruse; in the ensuing melee, Rocky is killed and Fenmore's gang turns against him.
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