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Five and Ten (1931)

Five and Ten poster
Directed by
Robert Z. Leonard
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young heiress falls in love with a man who marries another woman. She struggles with her feelings and her family's expectations.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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