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Watch The Pay-Off (1930), an early sound crime drama starring Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon and Hugh Trevor. Sherman also directs this story of a gentleman gangster whose code of conscience is challenged by a ruthless member of his own crew. When an innocent young couple becomes caught in the conflict, loyalty and ambition threaten to pull the gang apart.
Our Where the Old Movies Go presentation begins with a short branded introduction, a Get Paid With Apps message, and historical facts about the film, followed by the complete selected archival print with its original sound.
FILM DETAILS
Title: The Pay-Off
Year: 1930
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Hugh Trevor, William Janney and Helene Millard
Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Genre: Pre-Code crime drama
Language: English
Format: Black and white, original sound
Adapted from: Crime, the 1927 play by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
This early talking picture belongs to Hollywood’s pre-Code era. Lowell Sherman appears on both sides of the camera as director and star. RKO later remade the story as Law of the Underworld (1938).
ARCHIVE SOURCE AND RIGHTS
Film source: Internet Archive, ThePay-Off, uploaded by k-otic.
Source item: https://archive.org/details/ThePay-Off
The selected archive item is labeled Public Domain Mark 1.0. The American 1930 film is in the public domain in the United States; its copyright was also reported as not renewed in 1958. Public-domain status may differ by territory.
This is an archival transfer, not a new restoration or HD remaster. Film grain, scratches, softness and original sound limitations have been retained. No modern replacement score or colorization has been added. The archive print runs about 70½ minutes; published theatrical listings give 65 minutes. Our introduction adds approximately 45 seconds.
Film information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pay-Off_(1930_film)
Independent film rights reference: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Pay_Off_-_(1930,_movie).webm
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