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Gentlemen Are Born
Gentlemen Are Born

Gentlemen Are Born

Just out of college and just out of luck...yet they'll found a family on nerve...build a home on bravery...battle the world with a diploma...and defy the world on $18-a-week!

Genres

DramaMusicRomance

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A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the lucky ones. Some of them fare even worse.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

17 November 1934

Country

United States of America

Cast

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

Bob Bailey

Jean Muir

Jean Muir

Trudy Talbot

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

Joan Harper

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Susan Merrill

Ross Alexander

Ross Alexander

Tom Martin

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Smudge Casey

Charles Starrett

Charles Starrett

Stephen Hornblow

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Newspaper Editor

Robert Light

Robert Light

Fred Harper

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

Martinson

Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill

Mr. Harper

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Mr. Gillespie

Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Gateson

Mrs. Harper

Bradley Page

Bradley Page

Al Ludlow

Brandon Beach

Brandon Beach

Third Broker

Carlyle Blackwell Jr.

Carlyle Blackwell Jr.

Young Man

James P. Burtis

James P. Burtis

Moe

Nina Campana

Nina Campana

Italian Wife

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler

Police Officer

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Haskins

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Landlady

Frank Dawson

Frank Dawson

Reception Room Man

John Elliott

John Elliott

Bill - Night Editor

Florence Fair

Florence Fair

Trudy's Nurse

Eddie Fetherston

Eddie Fetherston

Stockbroker at Window

Maude Turner Gordon

Maude Turner Gordon

Society Matron

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Second Broker

Herbert Heywood

Herbert Heywood

Elderly Man

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

College President

Virginia Howell

Virginia Howell

Miss Graham

George Humbert

George Humbert

Italian

Edward Keane

Edward Keane

First Broker

Alice Marr

Alice Marr

Nurse

Edward McWade

Edward McWade

Pawnbroker

Bert Moorhouse

Bert Moorhouse

Intern

Edward Mosbar

Edward Mosbar

Tom Texas

Joseph North

Joseph North

Butler

Paul Panzer

Paul Panzer

Counter Man

Cliff Saum

Cliff Saum

Announcer

Harry Seymour

Harry Seymour

Fence

Eddie Shubert

Eddie Shubert

Detective

Eddie Sturgis

Eddie Sturgis

Janitor

Victoria Vinton

Victoria Vinton

Minor Role

Delmar Watson

Delmar Watson

Crying Boy

Leo White

Leo White

Waiter

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