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The Devil's Holiday is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edmund Goulding released in USA on 9 may 1930 with Nancy Carroll
The Devil's Holiday (1930)
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Add to a movie listThe Devil's Holiday is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr., Hobart Bosworth, and Ned Sparks, and released by Paramount Pictures.
The movie was adapted by Edmund Goulding from his story, directed by Goulding, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (Nancy Carroll).
Synopsis
A golddigger marries a young man for his money, but finds that she really loves him and wants to keep him despite his family's disapproval.Actors
Nancy Carroll
(Hallie Hobart)
Phillips Holmes
(David Stone)
James Kirkwood Sr.
(Mark Stone)
Hobart Bosworth
(Ezra Stone)
Morgan Farley
(Monkey McConnell)
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