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Heaven on Earth (1931)

Heaven on Earth poster
Directed by
Russell Mack
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to the Mississippi River after being away from his father, a steamboat captain. He confronts old family tensions and the changes that time has brought.

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What happens

Heaven on Earth is a 1931 American dramatic film directed by Russell Mack, based on the 1929 novel, Mississippi, by author Ben Lucien Burman. The film stars Lew Ayres as the estranged son of a Mississippi steamboat captain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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