Children of Pleasure

Apr 26, 1930

1h 10m

★ 4.7

A picture of jazz-mad youth. More thrilling than "Our Moderns" or "Our Dancing Daughters"

Overview

A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Children of Pleasure Trailers

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Cast

Danny Regan

Lawrence Gray

Emma Gray

Wynne Gibson

Pat Thayer

Judith Wood

Rod Peck

Kenneth Thomson

Bernie

Lee Kohlmar

Fanny Kaye

May Boley

Andy Little

Benny Rubin

Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)

Jack Benny

Miles the Butler (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Secretary (uncredited)

Mary Carlisle

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Ann Dvorak

Radio Performer Cliff (uncredited)

Cliff Edwards

Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected heir to an estate in Ireland. He doesn't have money enough for the passage to Ireland, but the band members decide to incorporate him, advancing him the fare for equal shares in the estate. In Ireland, Danny finds that his is only a half-share, and the other half belongs to Mavourneen Kerrigan and she has the exclusive right to sell or keep the property...which, despite his pleas, she refuses to do. She also declares him an undesired guest, objects to his presence and insists that he prepare his own meals. He does so in a large main hall, but can only make hamburgers.

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