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The Runaround is a american film of genre Drama directed by William James Craft released in USA on 21 august 1931 with Mary Brian

The Runaround (1931)

The Runaround
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Released in USA 21 august 1931
Length 1h22
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Musical,    Romance

The Runaround (1931) is a comedy-drama film that was photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was directed by William James Craft, from a screenplay by Alfred Jackson and Barney Sarecky, based on a story by Zandah Owen. The film stars Mary Brian, Joseph Cawthorn, Marie Prevost, Johnny Hines, and Geoffrey Kerr. Produced and directed by RKO Radio Pictures, it premiered in New York City on August 7, 1931, and was released national on August 22. It was the first film to be shot in a new Technicolor process which removed grain, resulting in a much improved color. The film was released in Great Britain as Waiting for the Bride.

Synopsis

Millionaire playboy Fred White is attempting to make chorus girl Evelyn his latest conquest. Evelyn, on to Fred's scheming, has some scheming of her own, attempting to maneuver Fred into marriage. In a last ditch effort to get Evelyn into bed, Fred purchases a diamond bracelet, to which he has attached a key to the apartment he has leased as their potential love nest. When he shows the bracelet to his friend, Howard, the friend warns Fred that Evelyn is simply a gold-digger, only interested in getting him to marry her so that she can gain access to his money. The two make a bet. If Fred wins by getting her to be his kept woman, Howard has to pay for the bracelet and the cost of the apartment, and if Howard wins, by rejecting Fred's non-marital advances, Fred will owe Howard the same amount of money.

Actors

Mary Brian

(Evelyn)Geoffrey Kerr

(Fred White)Marie Prevost

(Margy)Joseph Cawthorn

(Lou)George Irving
Johnny Hines

(Howard)
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