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Jennie Gerhardt

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Jennie Gerhardt (Sylvia Sidney) works with her parents as a laundress for a senator, who proposes marriage. Against her father's wishes, she accepts -- only to learn shortly after that the senator has died in a train crash. Pregnant with his child, Jennie is taken in by her cousin, and soon falls for her cousin's employer, Lester Kane (Donald Cook). When Kane's father disinherits him for carrying on with a lower-class woman, Jennie selflessly calls off their romance.

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Steve D 05/07/2023 The acting is solid but everything else feels like it came out 5 years too late. See more 08/08/2015 yeAR S/B 1933 NOT 2012 See more 04/25/2014 Sudsy melodrama is well-acted. See more Read all reviews
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Marion Gering

Director

Sylvia Sidney

Jennie Gerhardt

Donald Cook

Lester Kane

Mary Astor

Letty Pace
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Synopsis Jennie Gerhardt (Sylvia Sidney) works with her parents as a laundress for a senator, who proposes marriage. Against her father's wishes, she accepts -- only to learn shortly after that the senator has died in a train crash. Pregnant with his child, Jennie is taken in by her cousin, and soon falls for her cousin's employer, Lester Kane (Donald Cook). When Kane's father disinherits him for carrying on with a lower-class woman, Jennie selflessly calls off their romance.
Director
Marion Gering
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m