# The Iron Master

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{{short description|1933 film}}
{{For|the French film|The Ironmaster (1933 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Iron Master
| image = The Iron Master.jpg
| caption =
| director =[Chester M. Franklin](/source/Chester_M._Franklin)
| producer =[M.H. Hoffman](/source/M.H._Hoffman)
| based_on = ''[The Ironmaster](/source/The_Ironmaster_(novel))'' by [Georges Ohnet](/source/Georges_Ohnet)
| writer =  [Adele Buffington](/source/Adele_Buffington)
| starring =[Reginald Denny](/source/Reginald_Denny_(actor)) <br> [Lila Lee](/source/Lila_Lee) <br> [J. Farrell MacDonald](/source/J._Farrell_MacDonald)
| music = 
| cinematography =  [Tom Galligan](/source/Tom_Galligan_(cinematographer)) <br> [Harry Neumann](/source/Harry_Neumann)
| editing = [Mildred Johnston](/source/Mildred_Johnston)
| studio = M.H. Hoffman Inc.
| distributor = [Allied Pictures](/source/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](/source/drama_film) directed by [Chester M. Franklin](/source/Chester_M._Franklin) and starring [Reginald Denny](/source/Reginald_Denny_(actor)), [Lila Lee](/source/Lila_Lee) and [J. Farrell MacDonald](/source/J._Farrell_MacDonald).<ref>Fetrow p.315</ref> It was distributed by the [independent](/source/independent_film) [Allied Pictures](/source/Allied_Pictures).<ref>Pitts p.20</ref> It was adapted by [Adele Buffington](/source/Adele_Buffington) from the 1882 novel ''[The Ironmaster](/source/The_Ironmaster_(novel))'' by [Georges Ohnet](/source/Georges_Ohnet), with the setting changed to modern-day America. An earlier American adaptation was the 1917 [silent film](/source/silent_film) ''[American Methods](/source/American_Methods)''.

==Plot==
Steve Mason, a worker firing at the Stillman [iron foundry](/source/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](/source/Reginald_Denny_(actor)) as Steve Mason
* [Lila Lee](/source/Lila_Lee) as Janet Stillman
* [J. Farrell MacDonald](/source/J._Farrell_MacDonald) as 	J.C. Stillman
* [Esther Howard](/source/Esther_Howard) as Mrs. Stillman
* [William Janney](/source/William_Janney) as 	David Stillman
* [Virginia Sale](/source/Virginia_Sale) as 	Miss Smith
* [Richard Tucker](/source/Richard_Tucker) as Paul Rankin
* [Astrid Allwyn](/source/Astrid_Allwyn) as 	Flo Lancert
* [Tom London](/source/Tom_London) as 	Turner
* [Nola Luxford](/source/Nola_Luxford) as 	Diana
* [Otto Hoffman](/source/Otto_Hoffman) as Grange

==References==
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==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}}

{{Chester Franklin}}

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