You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
- Directed by
- Charles Reisner
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy widow keeps her fortune a secret from her son and his new wife, believing money corrupts relationships. She schemes to control their lives, but they push back against her meddling.
bittersweetdramaticsentimentalromanticclassicmoralisticsomberhopeful
What happens
You Can't Buy Everything is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Charles Reisner and Sandy Roth and starring May Robson, Jean Parker and Lewis Stone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Working titles of the film were Rich Widow and Old Hannibal. According to Motion Picture Herald, the principal character of Hannah Bell (played by May Robson) was modeled after Hetty Green, famous as the miserly "Witch of Wall Street." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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