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5.3Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maintain a loveless marriage, a trade-off Pearl accepts in order to gain admittance to her husband's aristocratic social circle. While Pearl pursues her own affair with gigolo Pepi D'Costa, her visiting sister, Bessie, arrives and is appalled when Pearl's arrangement is revealed.
Released: 1933-03-1783 minDir: George CukorComedy, Drama, Romance
Cast
- Constance Bennett as Lady Pearl Grayston
- Violet Kemble Cooper as Duchess
- Phoebe Foster as Princess
- Grant Mitchell as Thornton Clay
- Charles Starrett as Fleming Harvey
- Anita Louise as Bessie
Themes
- gigolo
- sister
- royalty
- wedding
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Categories
1930s satirical films1933 American films1933 comedy films1933 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican comedy filmsAmerican films based on playsAmerican satirical filmsFilms about adultery in the United KingdomFilms based on works by W. Somerset MaughamFilms directed by George CukorFilms produced by David O. Selznick