"With Claudette Colbert THE FIRST STAR ROLE FOR CHEVALIER'S LEAD IN BIG POND" 22 July 1930 Drama, Romance 85 mins
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before.
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Claudette Colbert as Lydia Thorne
Fredric March as Dan O'Bannon
Emma Dunn as Miss Bennett
Natalie Moorhead as Eleanor Bellington
Richard Tucker as J.P. Albee, Attorney
Louise Beavers as Rose
Hilda Vaughn as Louise Evans
G. Pat Collins as John Drummond
Steve Pendleton as Bobby
Stanley Fields as Peters
Arnold Lucy as Piers
Ivan F. Simpson as Morson
Irving Mitchell as Foster
George Abbott Director
George Abbott Adaptation
Alice Duer Miller Novel
Otho Lovering Editor
Archie Stout Director of Photography
Karl Hajos Original Music Composer
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United States 22 July 1930
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