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It's Tough to Be Famous is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alfred E. Green released in USA on 2 april 1932 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)

It's Tough to Be Famous
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Released in USA 2 april 1932
Length 1h19
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating60% 3.001343.001343.001343.001343.00134

It's Tough to Be Famous is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Robert Lord. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mary Brian, Emma Dunn, Walter Catlett and David Landau. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 2, 1932.

Synopsis

When his submarine, S89, is sunk by an excursion boat, Scotty (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) is the last one left aboard after helping the crew to be rescued. However, navy divers are able to save Scotty and his heroics make him a hero. Retiring from the navy as a commander, he find that, as a hero, he is in great demand. There are parades. Speeches, endorsements, banquets and autographs galore. Even his marriage to his sweetheart Janet (Mary Brian) is headline news. Everyone wants a piece of Scotty. The only thing that Scotty does not have in his freedom and a life of his own.

Actors

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

(Scott 'Scotty' McClenahan)Mary Brian

(Janet Porter McClenahan)Emma Dunn

('Moms' McClenahan)Walter Catlett

(Joseph Craig 'Joe' Chapin)David Landau

(Chief Petty Officer Steve Stevens)
And :
Oscar Apfel
Louise Beavers
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