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The Saturday Night Kid

192963 minUnited States
ComedyRomance
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
English
This copy runs
63:49
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · arkiver@archive.org · Public domain

Synopsis

Department-store employee Mayme struggles with a romance and the demands of her manipulative younger sister Janie. When Janie loses money collected for a charity pageant, Mayme tries to repair the damage. Her willingness to help makes her vulnerable to another betrayal.

Cast

DirectorsA. Edward Sutherland

Inspirations

Clara Bow and Jean Arthur play the sisters in an adaptation of George Abbott and John V. A. Weaver's Love 'Em and Leave 'Em. The shop and its pageant connect their private rivalry with a public test of responsibility.

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