Spendthrift (1936)
He ran a fortune into a shoestring in his hunt for romance!
Genre : Romance
Runtime : 1H 20M
Director : Raoul Walsh
Synopsis
A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.
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