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The Pursuit of Happiness is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Alexander Hall released in USA on 27 september 1934 with Francis Lederer

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)

The Pursuit of Happiness
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Released in USA 27 september 1934
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Historical,    Romance
Rating64% 3.245523.245523.245523.245523.24552

The Pursuit of Happiness is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, J.P. McEvoy and Virginia Van Upp. The film stars Francis Lederer, Joan Bennett, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Walter Kingsford, Minor Watson and Adrian Morris. The film was released on September 28, 1934, by Paramount Pictures.

Actors

Francis Lederer

(Max Christmann)Joan Bennett

(Prudence Kirkland)Charles Ruggles

(Aaron Kirkland)Mary Boland

(Comfort Kirkland)Walter Kingsford

(Rev. Lyman Banks)
And :
Minor Watson
Irving Bacon
Spencer Charters
Holmes Herbert
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