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Children of Pleasure is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Harry Beaumont released in USA on 26 april 1930 with Lawrence Gray

Children of Pleasure (1930)

Children of Pleasure
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Released in USA 26 april 1930
Length 1h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Musical,    Romance
Rating55% 2.765292.765292.765292.765292.76529

Children of Pleasure is a 1930 American MGM musical comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont originally released with Technicolor sequences. It was adapted from Crane Wilbur's stage success of 1929 The Song Writer.

Synopsis

Danny, an acclaimed singer and songwriter, falls in love with a socialite girl who is just playing around. He doesn't realize that his girl-Friday is the one he really loves until it is almost too late. Although he is awestruck by high society, he overhears the girl's admission that she is stringing him along just in time to avoid marriage. Danny is notably Jewish, and among the issues the movie raises is his temptation to assimilate into the larger culture.

Actors

Lawrence Gray
Wynne Gibson

(Emma Gray)Kenneth Thomson

(Rod Peck)Lee Kohlmar

(Bernie)May Boley

(Fanny Kaye)
And :
Benny Rubin
Jack Benny
Sidney Bracey
Mary Carlisle
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