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Genre
  
Drama

Country
  
United States

Director
  
John Cromwell

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Release date
  
November 14, 1931 (1931-11-14)

Writer
  
Charles Dickens, Grover Jones

Music director
  
W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Bernhard Kaun, Oscar Potoker, Rudolph G. Kopp, Herman Hand

Screenplay
  
Grover Jones, Edward E. Para Jr.

Cast
  
Frances Dee
(Ann Trumbull),
Anne Shirley
(Anne),
George Bancroft
(Brock Trumbull),
Juliette Compton
(Paula Norcross),
Robert Ames
(Joe Warren)

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Rich Man's Folly is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Edward E. Paramore Jr. and Grover Jones. The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames, Juliette Compton, David Durand, Dorothy Peterson and Harry Allen. The film was released on November 14, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. This modern adaptation of Dombey and Son is regarded as Hollywood's first major screen adaptation of a Charles Dickens work.

Cast

  • George Bancroft as Brock Trumbull
  • Frances Dee as Ann Trumbull
  • Robert Ames as Joe Warren
  • Juliette Compton as Paula Norcross
  • David Durand as Brock Junior
  • Dorothy Peterson as Katherine Trumbull
  • Harry Allen as McWylie
  • Gilbert Emery as Kincaid
  • Guy Oliver as Dayton
  • Anne Shirley as Anne, as a child
  • George MacFarlane as Marston

    • References

    Rich Man's Folly Wikipedia
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    Rich Mans Folly IMDb