Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
There are five kinds of saps on the Remplegar family tree and every branch grows a nut!
Gênero : Comédia
Runtime : 1H 17M
Director : Elliott Nugent
Escritor : Ray Harris, S.K. Lauren
Sinopse
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.
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