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5.4A virtuous and innocent young woman uneasily gives in to the lavish attentions of a "sugar daddy" but then finds true love with a newspaperman her own age. But when he disappears on a long assignment, she is unable to support herself in Depression-era New York and returns to her previous arrangement, placing her in a predicament when he returns.
Released: 1931-02-0773 minDir: Jack ConwayDrama, Romance
Stream on: TCM
Cast
- Constance Bennett as Laura Murdock
- Adolphe Menjou as William Brockton
- Robert Montgomery as Jack Madison
- Anita Page as Peg Murdock
- Marjorie Rambeau as Elfie St. Clair
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Ben Murdock
Themes
- colorado
- great depression
- family relationships
- mistress
- tenement
- pre-code
- modeling
- kept woman
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Jack Conway
- Screenwriter
- Edith Ellis
- Cast member
- John Harron
- Producer
- Hunt Stromberg
- Cinematographer
- John J. Mescall
- Duration
- 74
- FilmAffinity ID
- 323436
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- publication date
- 1931-01-01
- film editor
- Frank Sullivan
- title
- The Easiest Way
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- color
- black-and-white
- different from
- The Easiest Way
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