The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
May 6, 1933Release Date
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
May 6, 1933Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Miriam Hopkins
Temple Drake
William Gargan
Stephen Benbow
Jack La Rue
Trigger
Florence Eldridge
Ruby Lemarr
Guy Standing
Judge Drake
Irving Pichel
Lee Goodwin
Jobyna Howland
Miss Reba
William Collier Jr.
Toddy Gowan
Maurine Dallas Watkins
Writer
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Jennie
James Eagles
Tommy
Harlan Knight
Pap
James Pier Mason
Van
Louise Beavers
Minnie
Arthur Belasco
Wharton
Oscar Apfel
District Attorney (uncredited)
Clem Beauchamp
Third Jellybean (uncredited)
John Carradine
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Gas Station Manager (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Second Jellybean / Rejected Suitor (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Bob (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
First Jellybean (uncredited)
Travis Banton
Costume Design
Karl Struss
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. It tells the story of Temple Drake, a reckless woman in the American South who falls into the hands of a brutal gangster and rapist. It was adapted from the highly controversial 1931 novel Sanctuary by William Faulkner. Though some of the more salacious elements of the source novel were not included, the film was still considered so indecent that it helped give rise to the strict enforcement of the Hays Code.
Long unseen except in bootleg 16mm prints, The Story of Temple Drake was restored by the Museum of Modern Art and re-premiered in 2011 at the TCM Classic Film Festival. The Criterion Collection released the film for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray in December 2019.