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Children of the Ritz (1929)

Children of the Ritz poster
Directed by
John Francis Dillon
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple marries for love but struggles with their different social backgrounds. Their relationship is tested by money troubles and family obligations.

romanticdramaticold-fashionedmelodramaticsentimentallight-heartednostalgic

What happens

Children of the Ritz is a 1929 American synchronized sound drama film from First National Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film stars Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. The plot is based on the 1927 novel of the same name, by Cornell Woolrich. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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