Those Were the Days! (1940)
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Directors
Theodore Reed
Cast
William Holden
The story
On their 35th wedding anniversary, Petey and Martha Simmons remember how they met in college. Petey Simmons is a wealthy newcomer at college, so rival fraternities fight over him. His ego swells as fraternity boys and pretty girls bid for his time.
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romantic comedy film
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