"NOW Joan's a Dancing Bride in a New Heart Drama!" 18 November 1938 Drama, Romance 76 mins
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
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Joan Crawford as Olivia Riley Linden
Margaret Sullavan as Judy Linden
Robert Young as David Linden
Melvyn Douglas as Henry Linden
Fay Bainter as Hannah Linden
Allyn Joslyn as Roger Q. Franklin
Hattie McDaniel as Belvedere
Oscar O'Shea as Charlie Collins
Frank Albertson as Benny Collins
Harry Barris as Bertie
Granville Bates as Second Man on Plane (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Club Sirocco Doorman (uncredited)
George Chandler as Press Agent (uncredited)
Charles Coleman as Henry's Butler (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin as Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
Roger Converse as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Borzage Director
Jane Murfin Screenplay
Ogden Nash Screenplay
Keith Winter Theatre Play
Frank E. Hull Editor
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Producer
Lew Borzage Assistant Director
Frank Borzage Producer
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Adrian Costume Design
Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
George J. Folsey Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Screenplay
Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Paul Marquardt Orchestrator
United States 18 November 1938
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