Gold Is Where You Find It (1938): Cast
Gold Is Where You Find It is a 1938 romantic western directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Claude Rains as Colonel Ferris, John Litel and Olivia de Havilland. It runs 1 hour 34 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 34m (94 min)
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Gold Is Where You Find It About?
The premise of Gold Is Where You Find It without spoilers.
Colonel Ferris, a prosperous northern‑California farmer, battles the spread of hydraulic mining, a new 1870s gold‑rush technique that threatens to drown his fertile lands. Mining engineer Jared Whitney, visiting from the East, befriends Ferris’s son Lance and falls for his sister Serena. Tensions rise when Ferris’s brother Ralph abandons farming for a San Francisco mining job under his father‑in‑law Harrison McCooey, prompting Lance to follow him and Ferris to bar Jared from seeing Serena.
Gold Is Where You Find It Themes & Keywords
· 22 tags- orchestral music score
- san francisco california
- dynamite
- engineer
- letter
- party
- murder
- miner
- court battle
- 1870s
- judge
- fistfight
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- gold
- shootout
- wheat
- farmer
- mining technique
- mining
- dam
- explosion
- father daughter relationship
- father son relationship
Gold Is Where You Find It Cast & Characters
Claude Rains leads the cast as Colonel Ferris, with John Litel as Ralph Ferris and Olivia de Havilland as Serena Ferris. Directed by Michael Curtiz; 54 actors are credited in all.
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Director Michael Curtiz
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Claude Rains as Colonel Ferris -
John Litel as Ralph Ferris -
Olivia de Havilland as Serena Ferris -
Tim Holt as Lance Ferris
Also Starring in Gold Is Where You Find It
· 50 more- George Brent Jared Whitney
- Edward Keane San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Sidney Toler Harrison McCooey
- Henry O'Neill Judge
- Charles Halton Turner (uncredited)
- Moroni Olsen Senator Hearst
- William H. O'Brien Butler at Party (uncredited)
- Jack Mower Bartender (uncredited)
- Milton Kibbee Party Guest (uncredited)
- Robert Homans Miner Grogan (uncredited)
- George 'Gabby' Hayes Enoch
- Barton MacLane Slag Martin
- Edmund Cobb Miner (uncredited)
- Russell Simpson MacKenzie
- Erville Alderson Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)
- Eric Wilton Butler Announcing Party Guests (uncredited)
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- Harry Davenport Dr. Parsons
- Cy Kendall Kingan (uncredited)
- Willie Best Joshua
- Jim Farley Miner (uncredited)
- Bud Osborne Farmer (uncredited)
- Blackie Whiteford Farmer (uncredited)
- Sarah Edwards Party Guest (uncredited)
- Douglas Wood Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited)
- Arthur Aylesworth Farmer (uncredited)
- Al Haskell Farmer (uncredited)
- Margaret Lindsay Rosanne
- Jack Kenny Miner (uncredited)
- Lafe McKee Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
- Robert McWade Mr. Crouch
- Clarence Kolb Senator Walsh
- Wedgwood Nowell San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Guy Wilkerson Vocal Farmer (uncredited)
- Chester Gan Wong - McCooey's Servant (uncredited)
- Karl Hackett Clerk (uncredited)
- Tex Cooper Man in Telegraph Office Door (uncredited)
- Bill Nestell Miner (uncredited)
- Nelson McDowell Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
- Dick Botiller Ramon - Ferris' Servant (uncredited)
- Sue Moore Party Guest (uncredited)
- Raymond Brown Farmer (uncredited)
- Jack Rutherford Miner (uncredited)
- Frank Pharr Farmer (uncredited)
- Alan Davis Clerk (uncredited)
- Tom Brower Farmer in Meeting (uncredited)
- Marcia Ralston Molly Featherstone
- Thomas R. Mills Man at Stock Exchange (uncredited)
- Clifford Soubier Process Serving Deputy (uncredited)
- Walter Rodgers General Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
- Daisy Lee Moy - Rosanne's Chinese Maid (uncredited)
More from Michael Curtiz
More films directed by Michael Curtiz, best-rated first: Casablanca, Mildred Pierce, Captain Blood and Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Gold Is Where You Find It Also Known As
5 alternative titles, including “En busca del oro” and “Occidente in fiamme”.
- Also known as
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- En busca del oro
- Occidente in fiamme
- Goldene Erde Kalifornien
- Ο πόλεμος του χρυσού
- Onde o Ouro Se Esconde
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Gold Is Where You Find It FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Gold Is Where You Find It, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Gold Is Where You Find It?
Gold Is Where You Find It runs 1 hour 34 minutes (94 minutes).
When was Gold Is Where You Find It released?
Gold Is Where You Find It was released on February 12, 1938.
Who directed Gold Is Where You Find It?
Gold Is Where You Find It was directed by Michael Curtiz.
More films by Michael Curtiz Who is in the cast of Gold Is Where You Find It?
Gold Is Where You Find It stars Claude Rains as Colonel Ferris, John Litel as Ralph Ferris and Olivia de Havilland as Serena Ferris, among 54 credited actors.
Does Gold Is Where You Find It have a post-credit scene?
No. Gold Is Where You Find It has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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