Heroes for Sale

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Heroes for Sale is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film that follows a World War I veteran’s struggles with addiction, unemployment, and social injustice during the Great Depression.

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Heroes for Sale canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOnEvent World War I ⓘ
cinematographyBy Sidney Hickox ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director William A. Wellman ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
editedBy Owen Marks ⓘ
era pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
follows World War I veteran ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasTheme class conflict ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
veterans' reintegration ⓘ
mainCharacter Tom Holmes ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Leo F. Forbstein ⓘ
narrativeLocation United States ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays addiction ⓘ
labor unrest ⓘ
police repression ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
producer Hal B. Wallis ⓘ
Ray Enright ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. ⓘ
releaseDate 1933-06-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1933 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 76 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Lord ⓘ
linked to: Robert H. Lord

Wilson Mizner ⓘ
setDuring Great Depression ⓘ
starredActor Aline MacMahon ⓘ
Grant Mitchell ⓘ
Loretta Young ⓘ
Richard Barthelmess ⓘ
Robert Barrat ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted early 1930s ⓘ
post-World War I era ⓘ

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Richard Barthelmess → notableWork → Heroes for Sale ⓘ
Aline MacMahon → notableWork → Heroes for Sale ⓘ