Lady by Choice

Oct 15, 1934

1h 16m

★ 6.3

Men who loved her grew sadder - but WISER !

Overview

To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Lady by Choice Trailers

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Cast

Alabam Lee

Carole Lombard

Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson

May Robson

Johnny Mills

Roger Pryor

Judge Daly

Walter Connolly

Kendall

Arthur Hohl

Front O'Malley

Raymond Walburn

Brannigan

James Burke

Opper

Henry Kolker

Lucretia

Mariska Aldrich

Walsh

Johnny Boyle

Mose (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Poupolis (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

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7.3

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6.7

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7.4

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6.4

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6.5

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6.0

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6.4

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6.6

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6.6

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5.8

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4.2

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7.0

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0.0

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6.7

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8.2

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4.1

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7.4

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4.9

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