The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Director:
Alexander Hall
Writers:
Virginia Van Upp, J.P. McEvoy.
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Francis Lederer as Max Christmann |
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Joan Bennett as Prudence Kirkland |
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Charles Ruggles as Aaron Kirkland |
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Mary Boland as Comfort Kirkland |
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Barbara Barondess as Meg Mallory |
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Minor Watson as Colonel Sherwood |
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Irving Bacon as Bijah |
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Walter Kingsford as Rev. Lyman Banks |
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Adrian Morris as Thad Jennings |
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Duke York as Jonathan |
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Burr Caruth as Rev. Myles |
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Jules Cowles as The Drunk |
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Spencer Charters as Sam Evans |
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Holmes Herbert as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton |
| Directing | Alexander Hall | Director |
| Writing | Virginia Van Upp | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stephen Morehouse Avery | Adaptation |
| Writing | Lawrence Langner | Theatre Play |
| Writing | J.P. McEvoy | Screenplay |
| Writing | Armina Marshall | Theatre Play |
