Playing Around

Jan 10, 1930

1h 6m

★ 5.0

Drama that will make you hold your breath. ...Romance that will make you heave it into one big sigh. It's the peppiest show from the Princess of Pep!

Overview

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

First National Pictures

Playing Around Trailers

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Cast

Sheba Miller

Alice White

Nickey Solomon

Chester Morris

Jack

William Bakewell

Pa Miller

Richard Carlyle

Maude

Marion Byron

Joe

Maurice Black

Morgan

Lionel Belmore

Master of Ceremonies

Shep Camp

Mrs. Fennerbeck

Ann Brody

Mrs. Lippincott

Nellie V. Nichols

Police Sgt. Mulligan (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Nickey's Chum at Table (uncredited)

Rollo Dix

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