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Eddie Acuff and Ross Alexander in Boulder Dam (1936)

Ross Alexander, Patricia Ellis, and Lyle Talbot in Boulder Dam (1936)

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Patricia Ellis

Lyle Talbot

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&quot;Rusty&quot; Noonan, a hard-boiled, cynical, selfish smart-aleck, working as a mechanic in a Detroit garage, is outraged when he has to work overtime on repairing the shoddy work he had done on a taxicab, gets into an argument with the...

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Boulder Dam

Upbeat Look at a Downbeat Era

&quot;Bolder Dam&quot; is a lot faster paced and more action oriented than many 1930&apos;s films. Solid acting, snappy rat-tat-tat dialogue. (&quot;I&apos;m a civil engineer.&quot; &quot;Well, you might be an engineer, but you&apos;re certainly not civil.&quot;) But what was most surprising was the Shirley Temple-like optimism of the Depression-era characters, although with a more adult perspective. The men who work at Boulder Dam are all very proud of their jobs and what they&apos;re building, despite the fact that they&apos;re at constant risk of getting killed on their unsafe job site.

There are constant reminders that the 1930&apos;s were a different world than today&apos;s. When the lead character applies for a job at the dam, the application form has a space for Color. He casually writes &quot;W&quot;. There were no visible &quot;B&apos;s&quot; in the workforce during the movie.. And, of course, no women. Also, watch in awe as the lead actress invites a strange man to sleep in a bed with her 10-year-old son. (No funny business, needless to say.)

Sadly, Ross Alexander - the very capable lead actor in this film - shot and killed himself less than a year after this film was released. Reportedly, word of his homosexuality had been getting out, and the studio executives didn&apos;t want to deal with it, so they quit hiring him.

Anyway, the unique 1930&apos;s perspective, combined with.some nice dialogue and strong acting, make this a film worth watching.

"Bolder Dam" is a lot faster paced and more action oriented than many 1930's films. Solid acting, snappy rat-tat-tat dialogue. ("I'm a civil engineer." "Well, you might be an engineer, but you're certainly not civil.") But what was most surprising was the Shirley Temple-like optimism of the Depression-era characters, although with a more adult perspective. The men who work at Boulder Dam are all very proud of their jobs and what they're building, despite the fact that they're at constant risk of getting killed on their unsafe job site.

There are constant reminders that the 1930's were a different world than today's. When the lead character applies for a job at the dam, the application form has a space for Color. He casually writes "W". There were no visible "B's" in the workforce during the movie.. And, of course, no women. Also, watch in awe as the lead actress invites a strange man to sleep in a bed with her 10-year-old son. (No funny business, needless to say.)

Sadly, Ross Alexander - the very capable lead actor in this film - shot and killed himself less than a year after this film was released. Reportedly, word of his homosexuality had been getting out, and the studio executives didn't want to deal with it, so they quit hiring him.

Anyway, the unique 1930's perspective, combined with.some nice dialogue and strong acting, make this a film worth watching.

"Rusty" Noonan, a hard-boiled, cynical, selfish smart-aleck, working as a mechanic in a Detroit garage, is outraged when he has to work overtime on repairing the shoddy work he had done on a taxicab, gets into an argument with the shop-foreman, Wison. The foreman takes a swing at him and misses but Noonan, a trained boxer connects with his punch. The blow catches Wilson on the chin, knocks him off his feet and his head hits the floor and he is killed. Noonan flees, wanders about the country and eventually arrives in the desert-town of Las Vegas, Nevada, where the mighty Boulder Dam is being constructed on the near-by Colorado River. He is befriended by Ann Vangarick, gets a construction job on the dam project, and he begins to see the error of his past ways.

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