The Gorilla (1930 film)

The Gorilla 1930 is an alltalking precode murder mystery comedy film produced by First National Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros., and directed by Bryan Foy. The movie stars Joe Frisco, Harry Gribbon, Walter Pidgeon and Lila Lee. The film was based on the 1925 play, of the same name, by Ralph Spence. The 1930 film version was a sound remake of the 1927 silent version, which was also produced by First National Pictures.

The story opens with a murder that has supposedly been caused by a gorilla. Police are only able to catch a glimpse of his black shadow cast against a brick wall before he disappears. Garrity Frisco and Mulligan Gribbon are two detectives who are hired by Cyrus Stevens Maxwell to help protect him from the gorilla as he has just been threatened with a note that indicates that the gorilla will arrive at his home before midnight.Stevens lives with his ward, Alice Denby Lee, who is in love with Arthur Marsden Pidgeon. Garrity and Mulligan stand guard outside the house until it is close to midnight but do not see anything suspicious. Eventually, Garrity is persuaded by Mulligan to put on a gorilla skin in order to entice the gorilla and trap him. In order not to be shot by those searching for the gorilla, he wears a white ribbon around his neck. ........

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