The Iron Master

{{short description|1933 film}} {{For|the French film|The Ironmaster (1933 film)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Iron Master | image = The Iron Master.jpg | caption = | director =Chester M. Franklin | producer =M.H. Hoffman | based_on = ''The Ironmaster'' by Georges Ohnet | writer = Adele Buffington | starring =Reginald Denny <br> Lila Lee <br> J. Farrell MacDonald | music = | cinematography = Tom Galligan <br> Harry Neumann | editing = Mildred Johnston | studio = M.H. Hoffman Inc. | distributor = Allied Pictures | released = {{Film date|1933|02|04}} | runtime = 64 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Iron Master''''' is a 1933 American drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Reginald Denny, Lila Lee and J. Farrell MacDonald.<ref>Fetrow p.315</ref> It was distributed by the independent Allied Pictures.<ref>Pitts p.20</ref> It was adapted by Adele Buffington from the 1882 novel ''The Ironmaster'' by Georges Ohnet, with the setting changed to modern-day America. An earlier American adaptation was the 1917 silent film ''American Methods''.

==Plot== Steve Mason, a worker firing at the Stillman iron foundry rebukes the owner's daughter Janet for reckless driving. Instead of firing him as she demands, Stillman promotes the young man. Eventually he rises to be a trusted employee, and when Stillman dies he leaves Mason in control of the business. He faces deep resentment from the old man's snobbish children, who conspire with a rival businessman to launch a takeover bid. Janet joins in at first, but has a change of heart as her feelings for Mason develop.

==Cast== * Reginald Denny as Steve Mason * Lila Lee as Janet Stillman * J. Farrell MacDonald as J.C. Stillman * Esther Howard as Mrs. Stillman * William Janney as David Stillman * Virginia Sale as Miss Smith * Richard Tucker as Paul Rankin * Astrid Allwyn as Flo Lancert * Tom London as Turner * Nola Luxford as Diana * Otto Hoffman as Grange

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Fetrow, Alan G. ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1992. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0024185}}

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