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Success at Any Price is a american film of genre Drama directed by J. Walter Ruben released in USA on 16 march 1934 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Success at Any Price (1934)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 march 1934
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Rating63%
Success at Any Price is a 1934 sound film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan and silent film star Colleen Moore. It is based on the 1932 play Success Story by John Howard Lawson.
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Joe, an amoral capitalist and boyfriend of Sarah Griswold, gets a job as a clerk in a New York City advertising agency and starts to work his way to the top. He is fired, but Sarah intervenes on his behalf and he manages to create an ad that earns him a promotion. He meets the mistress of his boss and decides he wants to win her from him. The company is in trouble, but Joe has invested wisely and sells out his boss to his competitor. He abandons Sarah and proposes to the mistress, who marries him. Joe becomes head of his agency, but because he neglects his new wife, she becomes the mistress of another man. He attempts suicide, but Sarah rescues him and nurses him back to health.Actors
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
(Joe Martin)
Genevieve Tobin
(Agnes Carter)
Colleen Moore
(Sarah Griswold)
Frank Morgan
(Raymond Merritt)
Edward Everett Horton
(Harry Fisher)
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