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Career (1939)

Career poster
Directed by
Leigh Jason
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman tries to build a career in the 1930s while dealing with family expectations and personal relationships. The story follows her choices and the people she meets along the way.

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What happens

Career is a 1939 American drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis and Janet Beecher. The screenplay was written by Dalton Trumbo and Bert Granet, with cinematography by Frank Redman. The film was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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