Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
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Directors
Harry Beaumont
Cast
Joan Crawford, Lester Vail, Cliff Edwards, William Bakewell
The story
The lives of socialite Bonnie Jordan and her brother, Rodney, are turned upside down when their father loses his fortune in the stock-market crash and subsequently dies of a heart attack. The siblings are forced to fire their servants, sell their belongings, and work to earn a living. Bonnie winds up as a cub reporter for a newspaper, while Rodney gets involved with a beer-running gang, but things begin to escalate for him quickly.
Genres
Drama, crime film, drama film
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