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Kept Husbands

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After rescuing two workers during a steel mill accident, Dick Brunton (Joel McCrea) is invited to the home of his boss, Arthur Parker (Robert McWade), as a show of thanks. There, Parker's daughter, Dot (Dorothy Mackaill), takes a liking to him and sets out to win him over. Dick and Dot marry, and he receives a promotion, thanks to Dot's pleading with her father. Soon, though, Dot becomes preoccupied with her social life, giving little attention to Dick, who begins to doubt her fidelity.

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Brian Webster Apollo Guide 01/01/2000
66/100
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02/01/2014 good pre-code dram-com & early talkie See more 06/29/2013 Strictly for Joel's fans and people who have a high tolerance for cheese. See more 05/07/2013 A young steel worker falls in love with the boss' daughter. They get married, but soon enough the ambitious and proud young man starts feeling like nothing more than a kept husband. Too campy to be a drama and not exactly amusing enough to be a romantic comedy, this Lloyd Bacon film is quite dull, forgettable and only rarely brightened up, mostly by a hard to miss supporting role in the cynical father of the young man. See more 05/02/2012 ok com-dram & early talkie and pre-code pic See more Read all reviews
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Lloyd Bacon

Director

Dorothy Mackaill

Dorothea "Dot" Parker Brunton

Joel McCrea

Richard "Dick" Brunton

Ned Sparks

Hughie Hanready

Mary Carr

Mrs. Brunton

Clara Kimball Young

Mrs. Henrietta Post
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Synopsis After rescuing two workers during a steel mill accident, Dick Brunton (Joel McCrea) is invited to the home of his boss, Arthur Parker (Robert McWade), as a show of thanks. There, Parker's daughter, Dot (Dorothy Mackaill), takes a liking to him and sets out to win him over. Dick and Dot marry, and he receives a promotion, thanks to Dot's pleading with her father. Soon, though, Dot becomes preoccupied with her social life, giving little attention to Dick, who begins to doubt her fidelity.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Producer
William LeBaron
Screenwriter
Louis Sarecky
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 26, 2017
Runtime
1h 16m
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