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Christopher Bean (1933)

Christopher Bean poster
Directed by
Sam Wood
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

When a doctor discovers that a painting in his home is valuable, his family scrambles to cash in. The chaos brings out everyone's greedy side.

lightheartedbrisksatiricalcomediclivelytheatricalwhimsical

What happens

Christopher Bean is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Wood and written by Laurence E. Johnson and Sylvia Thalberg, based on the 1932 play, The Late Christopher Bean, by Sidney Howard. The film stars Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Beulah Bondi, and Russell Hardie. The film was released on November 17, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was Dressler's final role before her death from cancer in July 1934. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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