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The Marriage Playground (1929)

Palm Beach love. The wedding march. The divorce judge's gavel. Who pays the piper?

Genre : Comedy, Romance, Drama

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Lothar Mendes

Synopsis

A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their intermarriages and blend thoroughly, and you have a mixture a too-young-to-believe Frederic March will try to straighten out.

Actors

Mary Brian
Mary Brian
Judith Wheater
Fredric March
Fredric March
Martin Boyne
Lilyan Tashman
Lilyan Tashman
Joyce Wheater
Huntley Gordon
Huntley Gordon
Cliff Wheater
Kay Francis
Kay Francis
Lady Wrench
William Austin
William Austin
Lord Wrench
Seena Owen
Seena Owen
Rose Sellers
Philippe De Lacy
Philippe De Lacy
Terry Wheater
Anita Louise
Anita Louise
Blanca Wheater
Mitzi Green
Mitzi Green
Zinnie Wheater
Billy Seay
Billy Seay
Bun Wheater
Ruby Parsley
Ruby Parsley
Beatrice Wheater
Donald Smith
Donald Smith
Chip Wheater
Jocelyn Lee
Jocelyn Lee
Sybil
Maude Turner Gordon
Maude Turner Gordon
Aunt Julia Langley

Crews

Lothar Mendes
Lothar Mendes
Director
Doris Anderson
Doris Anderson
Adaptation
J. Walter Ruben
J. Walter Ruben
Writer
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
Novel
Doris Anderson
Doris Anderson
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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