Happiness Ahead

Oct 27, 1934

1h 26m

★ 6.0

Pop Goes Your Heart

Overview

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Genres

Romance

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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Cast

Bob Lane

Dick Powell

Joan Bradford

Josephine Hutchinson

Henry Bradford

John Halliday

Tom

Frank McHugh

Chuck

Allen Jenkins

Anna

Ruth Donnelly

Josie

Dorothy Dare

Mrs. Bradford

Marjorie Gateson

'Jellie' Travis

Gavin Gordon

Jim Meehan

Russell Hicks

Mrs. Travis

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

Jane Darwell

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7.3

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3.5

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5.7

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6.2

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6.2

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6.3

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6.9

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7.1

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6.2

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5.6

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6.2

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5.9

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6.6

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7.5

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6.2

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7.6

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10.0

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