Burning Up is a 1930 American Pre-Code action film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Richard Arlen as a racing driver and Mary Brian as his love interest, the daughter of a fellow driver.John Douglas Eames, The Paramount story (1985), p. 75. An early talkie, the film also features motorcycle stunts, and also stars Francis McDonald, Sam Hardy, Charles Sellon, and Tully Marshall. The film was released on February 1, 1930, by Paramount Pictures.
The film was made in an effort by Paramount's Jesse L. Lasky to emulate the success of earlier racing films made by the late Wallace Reid, "emulating Wally's films almost exactly", and with director Allen Sigler having "filmed the racing scenes exactly as Wally's had been done".E.J. Fleming, Wallace Reid: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Idol (2013), p. 235. One review described it as "the old racing-car scenario brought up to date with sound and talk",Outlook and Independent (1930), Vol. 154, p. 313. but a later assessment was that despite the fact that Allen G. Siegler had "filmed the racing scenes exactly as Wally's had been done", Arlen as the star "could not bring Wally's imagery to screen".
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Cast Richard Arlen as Lou Larrigan Mary Brian as Ruth Morgan Francis McDonald as "Bullet" McGhan Sam Hardy as Wally "Windy Wally" Wallace Charles Sellon as James R. Morgan Tully Marshall as Dave Gentry
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