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""Marriage Is So Dull and Middleclass!""

1933

1h 23m

5.1(13 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

Soon 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.

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RKO Radio Pictures

Cast & Crew

8 members

Acting

Constance Bennett

Lady Pearl Grayston

Constance Bennett

Acting

Violet Kemble Cooper

Duchess

Violet Kemble Cooper

Acting

Phoebe Foster

Princess

Phoebe Foster

Acting

Grant Mitchell

Thornton Clay

Grant Mitchell

Acting

Charles Starrett

Fleming Harvey

Charles Starrett

Acting

Anita Louise

Bessie

Anita Louise

Acting

Gilbert Roland

Pepi D'Costa

Gilbert Roland

Acting

Tyrell Davis

Ernest

Tyrell Davis

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