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Strictly Modern is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William A. Seiter released in USA on 2 march 1930 with Dorothy Mackaill

Strictly Modern (1930)

Strictly Modern
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Released in USA 2 march 1930
Length 1h3
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romance
Rating56% 2.821692.821692.821692.821692.82169

Strictly Modern is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film, produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Seiter. The movie stars Dorothy Mackaill and Sidney Blackmer. The film was based on the play, entitled Cousin Kate, written by Hubert Henry Davies.

Synopsis

Kate is a novelist who writes "modern" novels about sex, romance and relationships. She thinks that since she is a strictly modern women she knows everything about men. When she falls in love, she plans to act exactly like the heroines in her novels and expects her future boyfriend to do likewise. Kate attempts to apply the methods that uses in his books to her own life and the lives of those around her. As the film begins, we find out that Mackaill's cousin, Aimee (Johnston) is about to be married to Heath Desmond (Blackmer).

Actors

Dorothy Mackaill

(Kate)Sidney Blackmer

(Heath Desmond)Julanne Johnston

(Aimee Spencer)Warner Richmond

(Judge Bartlett)
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