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Fast and Loose (1930)

Fast and Loose poster
Directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family gets upset when their son wants to marry a showgirl and their daughter falls for a chauffeur. The story follows the romantic entanglements and comedic misunderstandings that result.

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What happens

Fast and Loose is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard and Frank Morgan. The film was written by Doris Anderson, Jack Kirkland and Preston Sturges, based on the 1924 play The Best People by David Gray and Avery Hopwood. Fast and Loose was released by Paramount Pictures. Other films or TV series with identical or similar titles, such as the 1939 MGM detective comedy starring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell, are not related to this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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