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An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
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- Date night
- Friends night
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Audiences 53GoodWatch 48
IMDb5.3
Running time
55 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −54 min on the typical 109
typical 10955Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1930
May 3, 1930
96 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 10 more14 people
- Catherine Dale OwenElizabeth
- Paul CavanaghTed
- Tyrell DavisArnold Champion-Cheney - M.P.
- Lewis StoneClive Champion-Cheney
- Ernest TorrenceLord Porteous
- Alison SkipworthLady Catherine Champion-Cheney
- Mary ForbesMrs. Anna Shenstone
- Wilfred NoyButler
William H. O'BrienFootman
Vera LewisDuchess of Brocklehurst
Edgar NortonParty Guest
Frank ReicherDuke of Brocklehurst
Clarence WilsonGeorge - Ted's Valet- HGHerschel GrahamParty Guest (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- David Burton Director
Writing · 3
- Frank Butler Writer
- Sylvia Thalberg Writer
- W. Somerset Maugham Theatre Play
Camera · 2
- William H. Daniels Director of Photography
- Oliver T. Marsh Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Margaret Booth Editor
Art · 1
- Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
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