THE SQUALL (1929) Alice Joyce, Richard Tucker & Myrna Loy | Drama, Romance| B&W | Golden Age Film

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The Squall is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce and Loretta Young, and based on the 1926 play The Squall by Jean Bart.

Synopsis

In Hungary, a beautiful, young gypsy girl, Nubi, seeks shelter during a sudden squall. Nubi is given shelter by a well-to-do farmer and his family. The farmer and his family hide the girl when a brutish, older gypsy lover arrives to claim the girl and take her away. The older gypsy leaves, and Nubi is allowed to stay on with the family as a servant. Nubi does little useful work as a servant in the house, and instead proceeds to use her feminine charms to entice and bewitch various male members of the household, leading to many scenes of discord, anger, and jealousy. The spell that Nubi has put on the house is only lifted at the end of the movie when the older gypsy returns, and carries Nubi away—with the farmer and his family no longer willing to offer protection to the troublesome gypsy girl.

Cast & Crew

Richard Tucker as Josef Lajos
Alice Joyce as Maria Lajos
Loretta Young as Irma
Carroll Nye as Paul Lajos
ZaSu Pitts as Lena
Harry Cording as Peter
George Hackathorne as Niki
Marcia Harris as Aunt Anna
Knute Erickson as Uncle Dani
Myrna Loy as Nubi
Nicholas Soussanin as El Moro

Director: Alexander Korda
Writers: Bradley King, Paul Perez
Based on: The Squall (1926 play) by Jean Bart
Producer: Ray Rockett
Cast: Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce, Loretta Young, Carroll Nye
Cinematography: John F. Seitz
Editor: Edward Schroeder
Music: Leo F. Forbstein
Production: First National Pictures
Distributor: First National Pictures
Release Date: May 9, 1929
Running Time: 102 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English