MEN WITHOUT WOMEN

DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY JOHN FORD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

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Information from IMDb

Writing Credits
John Ford (story "Submarine") and
James Kevin McGuinness (story "Submarine")
Dudley Nichols (writer)
Otis C. Freeman (titles)

Plot Summary
Aboard the U.S. submarine S13 in the China seas,
Chief Torpedoman Burke goes about his duties.
In actuality, he is Quartermaine, the infamous former commander
of the British ship Royal Scot, which was sunk by Germans
with a Field Marshal aboard.
Quartermaine had told his sweetheart that the Field Marshal
would be aboard, not knowing that she was an informant for the enemy.
When the S13 sinks, Burke takes charge when the commander,
Ensign Price, is unable to command.
Burke must keep his mates alive long enough
on the bottom of the sea for rescuers to arrive.
Written by Jim Beaver

Full Cast
Kenneth MacKenna ... Chief Torpedoman Burke
Frank Albertson ... Ens. Albert Edward Price
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Costello (as Farrell Macdonald)
Warren Hymer ... Kaufman
Paul Page ... Handsome
Walter McGrail ... Joe Cobb
Stuart Erwin ... Radioman Jenkins
George LeGuere ... Curly Pollock
Charles K. Gerrard ... Cmdr. Weymouth (as Charles Gerrard)
Ben Hendricks Jr. ... Murphy
Harry Tenbrook ... Dutch Winkler
Warner Richmond ... Lt. Cmdr. Briddwell
Frank Baker ... Undetermined role
Ivan Lebedeff ... Man in bar with top hat (uncredited)
Robert Parrish ... Undetermined role (uncredited)
Frank Richardson ... Singing sailor in Shanghai (uncredited)
Pat Somerset ... Lt. Digby (uncredited)
Roy Stewart ... Capt. Carson (uncredited)

Duke Morrison ... Radioman on surface (uncredited)

Produced By
John Ford ....
James Kevin McGuinness .... associate producer

Cinematography
Joseph H. August (as Joseph Augus)

Trivia

* It is sometimes stated, incorrectly, that this picture was based on the play "Submerged" by 'Clay Shaw', who was later acquitted of conspiring to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. When this picture was released Shaw was about 17 years old.

Filming Locations
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA

Movie Status
Men Without Women is available of course,
as shown on television, but the print is incomplete
since it's derived from a work print.
Although it runs at 73 minutes,
the film was copyrighted at 7,774' which is just over 86 minutes,
but the general consensus is that it was originally 77 minutes.
In the book John Ford: The Man and His Films,
the author, Tag Gallagher, states,
"The only known surviving prints are of a silent edition with intertitles
. The talking version seems lost."
But the book was published in 1988,
probably before the work print was discovered
and preserved by the Museum of Modern Art.
So the work print has limited sound along with intertitles
in an attempt to best recreate the original sound version.
In summary, the film--the one in circulation--should be listed as incomplete

By 1929, Duke had given up the idea
of returning to USC.
His attachment to John Ford, forever deepening.

There was little he would do for Ford, even risking his life!!

During hazardous diving conditions in one of the submarine scenes,
the four hired professional divers refused to dive.

Duke's job as a helper, was handling the air compressor.
Duke knew what was happening, and as the scene
got underway.

Ford said
Jesus, What the Hell
and called out
Duke
and his assistant said
Yessir!
Ford said
Hit the god-damned water

He did the the stunt work for all all four rescues,
no questions asked, his only regret
is that he never got paid for the work

Duke said afterwards
I had to hang on to a heavy weight
which dragged me below sea level
then come up on to camera range

Ford rewarded Duke with a small role.
with a few lines, and even a close up.

Duke said
I don't think Jack started appreciating me until
Men Without Women..
That was the time I started looking at pictures
with a different view.
I was beginning to enjoy this work

Ford also knew there was something special
about Duke!!
Sure he was callow and untutored..
but he had something, that jumped right off the screen at me.
I guess you could call it star power.
I wanted to keep an eye on him

a couple of screen captures from this film.