Edward G. Robinson turns in one of his greatest performances in this little-seen fictionalized biography of H.A.W. "Silver Dollar" Tabor, a lowly farmer who struck it rich with a silver mine and gained political power, only to lose everything when the nation switched to the gold
standard. Renamed Yates Martin for the film because Tabor's widow (nicknamed "Baby Doe") was still alive during the production, Robinson is a Kansas farmer who heads off with his wife, Aline MacMahon, for Colorado to open a general store in the hope of getting rich off all the prospectors.
Unfortunately, he begins extending credit to the miners and soon finds himself broke. Just as he and M...
Released:
1932
Rated:
NR
Length:
83 mins