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Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)

Rich Man, Poor Girl poster
Directed by
Reinhold Schünzel
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy businessman tries to hide his money from a working-class woman he loves to see if she will still want him. She gets a job as his secretary and the two navigate misunderstandings and class differences.

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What happens

Rich Man, Poor Girl is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey and Lew Ayres. The film is a remake of the 1929 film The Idle Rich. This was Lana Turner's second appearance as an MGM star. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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