Wild Gold

{{short description|1934 film by George Marshall}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Wild Gold | image =File:Wild Gold poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = George Marshall | producer = Sol M. Wurtzel | screenplay = Lester Cole Henry Johnson | story = Dudley Nichols Lamar Trotti | starring = John Boles Claire Trevor Harry Green Roger Imhof | music = David Buttolph | cinematography = Joseph A. Valentine | editing = Fred Allen | studio = Fox Film Corporation | distributor = Fox Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1934|6|8}} | runtime = 75 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Wild Gold''''' is a 1934 American romantic comedy drama film directed by George Marshall and starring John Boles, Claire Trevor, Harry Green and Roger Imhof.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95838/wild-gold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307112904/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95838/Wild-Gold/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Wild Gold (1934) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=2015-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=A.D.S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE4DB133CE23ABC4C51DFB166838F629EDE |title=Movie Review - Wild Gold - THE SCREEN; ' Wild Gold,' a Drama of the California Mining Camps of Today, Has Its Premiere at the Mayfair. |work=NYTimes.com |date=1934-07-24 |access-date=2015-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Wild Gold |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8117-WILD-GOLD |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> The film was released on June 8, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. ==Plot== Steve Miller, a young mining engineer attracted to the nightclub singer Jerry Jordan, conspires to spend time with her when he tampers with her car leaving them both stranded in Nevada gold mining country. Miller ends up reopening a gold mine while Jordan performs at the nearby mining town alongside a travelling group of chorus girls led by impresario Jake Lorillard Pushkin.

==Cast== *John Boles as Steve Miller *Claire Trevor as Jerry Jordan *Harry Green as J. 'Jake' Lorillard Pushkin *Roger Imhof as James 'Pop' Benson *Ruth Gillette as Dixie Belle *Monroe Owsley as Walter Jordan *Edward Gargan as Eddie Sparks *Suzanne Kaaren as One of the Golden Girls *Wini Shaw as One of the Golden Girls *Blanca Vischer as One of the Golden Girls *Elsie Larson as One of the Golden Girls *Gloria Roy as One of the Golden Girls *Myrla Bratton as One of the Golden Girls

== Censorship == Before ''Wild Gold'' could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a scene where the camera pans across a shelf of liquor bottles and to shorten the scene of men drinking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kansashistory.gov/statearchives/archives_board_of_reviews/search/film:Wild%20Gold/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=www.kansashistory.gov}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0025992|Wild Gold}}

Category:1934 films Category:Fox Film films Category:American romance films Category:1934 romance films Category:Films directed by George Marshall Category:American black-and-white films Category:1934 English-language films Category:1934 American films Category:English-language romance films