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Release Date: 1932

Cast: John Wray, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Murray Kinnell, Juliette Compton, Robert McWade, Harold Huber, Claire Dodd, Spencer Charters, Lili Damita, Alan Hale, Sr., Hardie Albright ...MORE

Cast: John Wray, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Murray Kinnell, Juliette Compton, Robert McWade, Harold Huber, Claire Dodd, Spencer Charters, Lili Damita, Alan Hale, Sr., Hardie Albright, Edmund Breese ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Biopic [Feature], Biographical Film, Black-And-White, Drama Film

The Match King is a 1932 film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton, and starring Warren William and Lili Damita. The film closely follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety match tycoon Ivar Kreuger. Though a lowly Chicago street cleaner, Swedish immigrant Paul Kroll (Warren William) is ambitious and unscrupulous. When a fellow employee is fired (due to one of Kroll's schemes), Kroll convinces his foreman (John Wray) to keep him on the payroll (officially at least) so they can split his salary. Soon there are eight "phantom" workers, and... MORE

The Match King is a 1932 film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton, and starring Warren William and Lili Damita. The film closely follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety match tycoon Ivar Kreuger. Though a lowly Chicago street cleaner, Swedish immigrant Paul Kroll (Warren William) is ambitious and unscrupulous. When a fellow employee is fired (due to one of Kroll's schemes), Kroll convinces his foreman (John Wray) to keep him on the payroll (officially at least) so they can split his salary. Soon there are eight "phantom" workers, and Kroll and his partner have amassed $460. However, Kroll has been romancing his partner's wife, Babe (Glenda Farrell), behind his back. Meanwhile, he has also been lying to the people of his hometown, telling them what a successful businessman he has become. As a result, when the local match factory is in trouble, his uncle begs him to return and save it. Kroll gets Babe to withdraw the money he has stolen, deceiving her into thinking they are running away together, then leaves her behind as he sails away to Sweden. Back home, he cons the local bank into giving him a loan to buy a second match factory LESS