Liliom (1930 film)

Liliom is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien.

The film stars Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H. B. Warner, Lee Tracy and Walter Abel.

[1][2][3] Alongside Just Imagine, also released by Fox, this was one of the first films to employ rear projection, which is done during a train sequence.

Three months pass, with Julie living with her aunt Hulda and Liliom, who left the carousel and doesn't have a job.

Although he has not been a good provider, Liliom is spurred into action by the discovery that his wife is pregnant and eventually is influenced by his friend Buzzard, to rob a bank cashier so that he can take Julie to America.