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Gentlemen Are Born is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alfred E. Green released in USA on 17 november 1934 with Franchot Tone

Gentlemen Are Born (1934)

Gentlemen Are Born
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Released in USA 17 november 1934
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Musical,    Romance
Rating62% 3.1431653.1431653.1431653.1431653.143165

Gentlemen Are Born is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Franchot Tone.

The film's pre-release title was Just Out of College. A news item in Daily Variety notes that Warner Bros. was sued for $250,000 by Ronald Wagoner and James F. Wickizer who contended that the film was based on their story "Yesterday's Heroes."

Synopsis

Four friends, Bob Bailey (Tone), Tom Martin (Ross Alexander), Smudge Casey (Dick Foran) and Fred Harper (Robert Light), are certain that upon their graduation from college, they will conquer the world. They face disappointment when they look for jobs, however. Because of the Depression, jobs are scarce and each one has many applicants.

Actors

Franchot Tone

(Bob Bailey)Jean Muir

(Trudy Talbot)Margaret Lindsay

(Joan Harper)Ann Dvorak

(Susan Merrill)Ross Alexander

(Tom Martin)
And :
Dick Foran
Charles Starrett
Russell Hicks
Addison Richards
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