A Motion Picture with a stirring message on Marriage! A Powerful Film, full of truths of life and love!
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Eleanor BoardmanMary Sims
- James MurrayJohn 'Johnny' Sims
- Bert RoachBert
- Estelle ClarkJane
- Daniel G. TomlinsonJim
- Dell HendersonDick
- Lucy BeaumontMary's Mother
- Freddie Burke FrederickJohn 'Junior' Sims
- Alice Mildred PuterSims Daughter
- John D. BlossBoy on Fence (uncredited)
Crew
- King VidorDirector
- King VidorScreenplay
- John V.A. WeaverScreenplay
- Henry SharpDirector of Photography
- Hugh WynnEditor
- Irving ThalbergProducer
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Pairings
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Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
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Mildred Pierce 201178% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
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