New Morals for Old (1932)Director:Charles BrabinWriters:John Van Druten (from the play by: "After All"), Zelda Sears (additional dialogue), 1 more credit » |
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New Morals for Old (1932)Director:Charles BrabinWriters:John Van Druten (from the play by: "After All"), Zelda Sears (additional dialogue), 1 more credit » |
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| Robert Young | ... |
Ralph Thomas
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Margaret Perry | ... |
Phyl Thomas
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Lewis Stone | ... |
Mr. Thomas
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Laura Hope Crews | ... |
Mrs. Thomas
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| Myrna Loy | ... |
Myra
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David Newell | ... |
Duff Wilson
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| Jean Hersholt | ... |
James Hallett
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Ruth Selwyn | ... |
Estelle
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Kathryn Crawford | ... |
Zoe Atkinson
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Louise Closser Hale | ... |
Mrs. Warburton
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Mitchell Lewis | ... |
Bodvin
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Elizabeth Patterson | ... |
Aunty Doe
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Lillian Harmer | ... |
Alice - the Maid
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For a while this excellent, still moving and relevant antique seems to be a precursor to the notion of the Generation Gap. The parents did it one way. The children do it another.
But it is racy and, though contrived and melodramatic, fascinating.
It is also the single most appealing performance by Robert Young I've ever seen. He did pot have the self-satisfied smirk of several decades of later work. He is very plausible. My second-favorite of his movies is the charming "Lady Be Good," in which he truly seems to enjoy working with Ann Sothern.
"New Morals" still has power and does not deserve its obscurity.