Kept Husbands

⁣Kept Husbands (1931) is a Pre-Code romantic drama starring Dorothy Mackaill and Joel McCrea.

The story follows Dick Brunton, a hardworking young steelworker who earns the admiration of wealthy industrialist Arthur Parker after performing a heroic act at the mill. Dick soon attracts the attention of Parker's beautiful and spoiled daughter, Dot, who is accustomed to getting whatever she wants. Determined to have Dick, she pursues him and the two eventually marry.

But married life proves more complicated than expected. Surrounded by Dot's wealth and luxurious lifestyle, Dick begins to feel that he has lost his independence and become little more than a "kept husband." Pride, money, jealousy, and differences in social class put increasing pressure on their relationship.

Released in 1931, Kept Husbands is an early Depression-era drama that explores love, marriage, wealth, and the struggle to maintain one's dignity and independence.

• Yıldızlar

  Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, Clara Kimball Young

• yapımcı

  William LeBaron

• Serbest bırakmak

  1931

• ülke

  United States

• Kalite

  HD DVD

• kategori