![]() ![]() Also, with the present revival of upward activity in the stock market, it has a timeliness angle that should give it much added value. General theme of the story-the mad desire of everyone from bank presidents to the lowest man in the street, to climb up the ladder of fortune-gives the picture a wide appeal. ![]() Love interest and sex appeal also play their part in the action. The title gives only a part hint of the tale, which revolves around William, an idealist whose career just about runs the gamut of big business and stock market manipulation, with the crooked and the straight both involved in the dealings. Warren William and his excellent supporting cast, by their consistently interesting performances, are enough to keep this story alive even if it weren't an engrossing and attractively staged big town romance. The paper cited in particular the film's "swell cast" and the broad public appeal of its "fast-moving" plot, especially within the highly unstable environment of the United States' depressed economy at that time: Upon the release of Skyscraper Souls in the summer of 1932, The Film Daily, a widely read trade paper among movie-industry personnel and theater owners, gave the production a very positive review. Henry Roquemore as Man Who Loses His Hat.Dennis O'Keefe as Stock Brokerage Clerk. ![]() Boris Karloff as Man Approaching Ticket Counter.Jesse De Vorska as Sol - Vinmont's Associate.Reginald Barlow as Brewster's Associate.Richard Alexander as Man Tom Bumps Into. ![]()
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