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Laugh and Get Rich (1931)

Laugh and Get Rich poster
Directed by
Gregory La Cava
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman runs a boarding house in the early 1930s. The trouble starts when her husband causes complications with the guests.

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What happens

Laugh and Get Rich is a 1931 pre-Code American comedy film, directed by Gregory La Cava, from a screenplay he also wrote with contributions from Douglas MacLean, who also was the associate producer, and Ralph Spence. The film stars Dorothy Lee, Edna May Oliver, Hugh Herbert, and Russell Gleason, and revolves around the antics in a boarding house in the early 1930s, run by Oliver, and the complications caused by her husband. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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