Kept Husbands
1931 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Blue collar steelworker Richard Brunton (McCrea) saves two of his fellow workers after an accident at a factory. In gratitude, his boss, millionaire Arthur Parker invites Richard for dinner with his family. Arthur's daughter Dot (Mackaill) is instantly impressed and infatuated with Richard She vows to marry him within a month.She does but Richard's seeming good luck is short-lived when he discovers how spoiled and selfish Dot really is, draining his finances dry in her greed, and he becomes Dot's "kept husband." Richard eventually convinces her to settle down and be happy on his humble salary.
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast Dorothy Mackaill · Joel McCrea · Ned Sparks · Mary Carr · Clara Kimball Young · Robert McWade · Bryant Washburn · Florence Roberts · Freeman Wood
Soundtrack Max Steiner
Screenplay Louis Sarecky · Forrest Halsey · Alfred Jackson
Cinematography Jack MacKenzie
Original title Kept Husbands
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