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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1276

Let Us Be Gay

193079 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 78:38
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Robert Z. Leonard · Public domain

Synopsis

After discovering her husband's affair, Kitty Brown leaves their marriage behind and reinvents her social life. Years later, a society hostess invites her to a weekend gathering, hoping she will disrupt a romance involving her former husband.

Cast

Norma Shearer

DirectorsRobert Z. Leonard

Inspirations

Rachel Crothers's play supplied the basis for this comedy of remarriage and appearances. MGM later produced a separate French-language adaptation, Soyons gais.

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Norma Shearer — Unknown author · Public domain

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