Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and written by Humphrey Pearson and Edward Kaufman. The film stars Charles Farrell, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, ZaSu Pitts, Betty Furness and Blanche Friderici. The film was released on November 3, 1933, by RKO Pictures.^[1][2][3]

Aggie Appleby Maker of Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Screenplay by	Humphrey Pearson Edward Kaufman
Based on	Aggie Appleby Maker of Men 1932 play by Joseph Kesselring
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Charles Farrell Wynne Gibson William Gargan ZaSu Pitts Betty Furness Blanche Friderici
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	Basil Wrangell
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	November 3, 1933 (1933-11-03)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Streetwise Agnes "Aggie" Appleby (Wynne Gibson), a waitress at Nick's Restaurant, gets into a mass fight and escapes with friend Red Branahan (William Gargan). The fight was about her honor. They live together, but the money isn't coming in as it should. Branahan is caught by the police and jailed. Her landlady (Jane Darwell) puts her out because she's unable to pay the rent, so Aggie goes to her friend Sybby (ZaSu Pitts), a cleaning lady who puts Aggie in the room of a man who's expected to be away for a few hours so Aggie can get some sleep. However, the man, Adoniram "Schlumpy" Schlump (Charles Farrell), comes back earlier than expected because he's hoping for a letter from Evangeline (Betty Furness), a young woman of his elevated socioeconomic class whom he loves. Because Schlump is compassionate and because Aggie has nowhere to go and no money, he lets her stay indefinitely (he sleeps on the couch and gives her the bed) -- and she sets to work on helping him find work and on remaking his life.

She finds him a job at a construction site on the other side of the road, re-christening him Red Branahan because she considers his actual name an impediment. After several weeks of their growing relationship, Schlump asks Aggie to marry him, but she fears that their different social and cultural backgrounds could become a problem. Auntie (Blanche Friderici) and Evangeline pop up at his room, so Aggie pretends to be a maid but is insulted by Auntie and storms out. Aggie ultimately sends Schlumpy back to Evangeline -- and then sets out to improve Red's life.

Cast

• Charles Farrell as Adoniram "Schlumpy" Schlump
• Wynne Gibson as Agnes "Aggie" Appleby
• William Gargan as Red Branahan
• ZaSu Pitts as Sybby "Sib"
• Betty Furness as Evangeline
• Blanche Friderici as Aunt Katherine