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The World Changes (1933)

The World Changes poster
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A farm boy becomes wealthy through ambition but struggles with the pressures of success. The story follows the consequences of his choices on his family.

ambitiouscautionarymelancholicbittersweetperiodsomberreflective

What happens

The World Changes is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as an ambitious farm boy who becomes rich, but does not handle success well. Aline MacMahon and Mary Astor play his mother and wife, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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