Five and Ten (1931 film)

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Five and Ten
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Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by
Based onFive and Ten
1929 novel
by Fannie Hurst
Produced by
  • Marion Davies
  • Robert Z. Leonard
Starring
Cinematography George Barnes
Edited by Margaret Booth
Production
companies
Distributed by Loew's Inc.
Release date
  • June 13, 1931 (1931-06-13)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Five and Ten is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies, Leslie Howard and Irene Rich. Davies plays as an heiress and Howard the man she loves, though he marries someone else. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions in partnership with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1929 Fannie Hurst novel of the same name. [1]

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Plot

The wealthy John G. Rarick has made a huge success of a chain of five and ten cent stores and decides to move his family, including his daughter Jennifer, from Kansas City to New York. Jennifer is delighted to move amongst the social elite but faces snobbishness because of her background. She becomes very attracted to a man she encounters, an aspiring architect Berry Rhodes but he is already engaged to another woman who despises Jennifer.

Cast

References

  1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993

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