The Brat

Aug 23, 1931

1h 5m

★ 5.2

No Roaring Guns...All Roaring Laffs! She's a Scamp in Scanty Skirts!

Overview

A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

The Brat

Sally O'Neil

MacMillan Forester

Alan Dinehart

Stephen Forester

Frank Albertson

Judge O'Flaherty

William Collier Sr.

Angela

Virginia Cherrill

Jane

June Collyer

Timson, the butler

J. Farrell MacDonald

Mrs. Forester

Mary Forbes

Bishop

Albert Gran

Lena

Louise Mackintosh

Housekeeper

Margaret Mann

Court Policeman (uncredited)

Ward Bond

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6.1

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