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Pearls Bring Tears

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Duration
  

Running time
  
1h 3m

Story by
  
Clifford Grey

Genre
  
Drama, Comedy

Director
  
Manning Haynes

Screenplay
  
Roy Lockwood

Writer
  
Clifford Grey (story), Roy Lockwood

Initial release
  
March 1937 (United Kingdom)

Cast
  
Googie Withers
(Doreen),
John Stuart
(Harry Willshire),
Eve Gray
(Pamela Vane),
Dorothy Boyd
(Madge Hart),
Annie Esmond
(Mrs Vane)

Similar movies
  
The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937), Jamboree (1957), Syncopation (1929), The Love Parade (1929), Madam Satan (1930)

Pearls Bring Tears is a 1937 British comedy drama film directed by Manning Haynes and starring John Stuart, Dorothy Boyd and Googie Withers.

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Plot

Madge Hart (Dorothy Boyd) borrows a pearl necklace to wear to a dance, but then accidentally breaks it. She is further concerned because the pearls were only on loan to her husband as security for a business deal. Madge then rushes the necklace to be repaired, but when it is stolen, further panic ensues.

Cast

  • John Stuart as Harry Willshire
  • Dorothy Boyd as Madge Hart
  • Eve Gray as Pamela Vane
  • Mark Stone as George Hart
  • Googie Withers as Doreen
  • Aubrey Mallalieu as Mr. Vane
  • Annie Esmond as Mrs. Vane
  • H.F. Maltby as Mr. Duffield
  • Hal Walters as Herbert
  • Syd Crossley as Bankes
  • Isobel Scaife as Mary
  • Critical reception

    TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "A fast-paced and surprisingly witty comedy."

    References

    Pearls Bring Tears Wikipedia
    Pearls Bring Tears IMDb