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The Lady of Scandal (1930)

The Lady of Scandal poster
Directed by
Sidney Franklin
Genre
drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British actress falls for a man from an aristocratic family. The family tries to stop their relationship.

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What happens

The Lady of Scandal is a 1930 American pre-Code romance-comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Franklin, based on the 1927 play The High Road by Frederick Lonsdale, and starring Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone and Ralph Forbes. Its plot follows a British actress who becomes involved with a member of an aristocratic family, who try desperately to thwart the match. It also is known by the alternative title The High Road. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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