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Laughter 1930

Synopsis:

Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions of her longtime friend, the volatile sculptor Ralph Le Saint. When pianist Paul Lockridge arrives from Paris, he begs Peggy to run away with him to France, where they can share adventure and a full life -- but complications arise for Peggy when Gibson's attractive daughter visits.

Directed by: Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Written by: Herman J. Mankiewicz & Donald Ogden Stewart & Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast & Douglas Z. Doty
Runtime: 85 minutes
Tagline: The emotion-swept romance of a modern woman who found that life without laughter is living death
Cast:
Nancy Carroll
Nancy Carroll
Peggy Gibson 
Fredric March
Fredric March
Paul Lockridge 
Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
C. Mortimer Gibson 
Glenn Anders
Glenn Anders
Ralph Le Sainte 
Diane Ellis
Diane Ellis
Marjorie Gibson 
Ollie Burgoyne
Ollie Burgoyne
Pearl, Peggy's Maid 
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