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Let Us Be Gay is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Z. Leonard released in USA on 8 august 1930 with Norma Shearer

Let Us Be Gay (1930)

Let Us Be Gay
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Released in USA 8 august 1930
Length 1h19
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating62% 3.143473.143473.143473.143473.14347

Let Us Be Gay is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and stars Norma Shearer. It was filmed concurrently with and based upon the 1929 play by Rachel Crothers starring Tallulah Bankhead, which ran for 128 performances at London's Lyric Theater. Critics generally preferred Tallulah's rendition to Shearer's.

Actors

Norma Shearer

(Kitty Brown)Marie Dressler

(Mrs. Bouccicault)Rod La Rocque

(Bob Brown)Gilbert Emery

(Townley)Hedda Hopper

(Madge Livingston)
And :
Raymond Hackett
Sally Eilers
Tyrell Davis
Wilfred Noy
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