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Housewife (1934)

Housewife poster
Directed by
Alfred Edward Green
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married woman finds her relationship strained when her husband's old flame reenters their lives. The story follows the wife as she struggles to keep her family together amid jealousy and conflicting loyalties.

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What happens

Housewife is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring George Brent, Bette Davis, and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay by Manuel Seff and Lillie Hayward is based on a story by Hayward and Robert Lord. A print is held at the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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