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Friends and Lovers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Victor Schertzinger released in USA on 3 october 1931 with Adolphe Menjou

Friends and Lovers (1931)

Friends and Lovers
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Released in USA 3 october 1931
Length 1h8
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating54% 2.709222.709222.709222.709222.70922

Friends and Lovers (1931) is an American Pre-Code drama film released by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim, and Hugh Herbert.

The film recorded a loss of $260,000.

Synopsis

British Army captain Geoff Roberts (Adolphe Menjou) carries on an affair with Alva (Lili Damita), the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito (Erich Von Stroheim). Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.

Actors

Adolphe Menjou

(Captain Geoffrey Roberts)
Lili Damita

(Alva Sangrito)
Laurence Olivier

(Lieutenant Ned Nichols)
Erich von Stroheim

(Victor Sangrito)
Hugh Herbert

(McNellis)
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