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Invitation to Happiness is a american film of genre Drama directed by Wesley Ruggles released in USA on 7 june 1939 with Irene Dunne
Invitation to Happiness (1939)
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Add to a movie listInvitation to Happiness is a 1939 American drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon. The film stars Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charlie Ruggles, Billy Cook, William Collier, Sr. and Marion Martin. The film was released on June 16, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.
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dans les années 1930, aux Etats-Unis. Les conflits amoureux, sociaux et professionnels entre un boxeur mal dégrossi et une femme du monde.Actors
Irene Dunne
(Eleanor Wayne)
Fred MacMurray
(Albert 'King' Cole)
Charles Ruggles
(Henry 'Pop' Hardy)
William Collier Sr
(Mr. Wayne)
Marion Martin
(Lola Snow)
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