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
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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