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Housewife is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alfred E. Green released in USA on 11 august 1934 with George Brent
Housewife (1934)
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Add to a movie listHousewife is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Manuel Seff and Lillie Hayward is based on a story by Hayward and Robert Lord.
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Nan Reynolds (Ann Dvorak) struggles to run the household on her meek husband Bill's (George Brent) meager salary as an office manager. She urges him to apply for better jobs elsewhere, but he is disinclined to take risks, and his lack of ambition is placing a strain on their marriage.Actors
George Brent
(William H. Reynolds)
Bette Davis
(Patricia Berkeley)
Ann Dvorak
(Nan Reynolds)
John Halliday
(Paul Duprey)
Ruth Donnelly
(Dora Wilson)
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