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New Morals for Old is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Brabin released in USA on 4 june 1932 with Robert Young
New Morals for Old (1932)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 june 1932
Length 1h14
Directed by Charles Brabin
OriginUSA
Themes Films based on plays
Rating54%
New Morals for Old is a 1932 American Pre-Code romance-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. The film was based on a 1931 Broadway play After All. Humphrey Bogart had a significant role in the play. His part was played by David Newell in the film.
The film is noteworthy for having elements that would later be forbidden under the Motion Picture Production Code. There is very brief nudity, albeit in shadows and by a non-speaking character (the model in the painters' studio). Also, one of the female characters is in a relationship with a married man, and this is portrayed sympathetically.
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are affluent New Yorkers who are unhappy that their adult children, Ralph Thomas (Robert Young) and Phyl Thomas (Margaret Perry), spend so many evenings at parties instead of spending time with family. Their disapproval deepens when they discover both children want to move out to pursue lifestyles that the parents deem unacceptable: Phyl moves into her own apartment so that she can conduct an affair with a married man, Duff Wilson (David Newell). Her brother, Ralph, goes to Paris to pursue his dream of being a painter, thus disappointing his father who expected him to remain in the family wallpaper business. Mrs. Thomas repeatedly tries to invoke guilt in both children for not being with her, especially after Mr. Thomas dies of a stroke.Actors
Robert Young
(Ralph Thomas)
Lewis Stone
(Mr. Thomas)
Laura Hope Crews
(Mrs. Thomas (as Laura Hope Crewes))
Myrna Loy
(Myra)
Jean Hersholt
(James Hallett)
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