Desirable (1934)
This drama examines the rivalry between a mother and the daughter she is too vain to acknowledge. The mother is a famous actress who does not want her true age to be known. She, therefore, keeps her 19-year old daughter secreted away in a boarding school. The daughter is too old to be concealed. She wants her own life, and she wants her mother to acknowledge her existence. She goes to New York to see her mother. At her mother's house, the young woman encounters her mother's newest suitor. He sees the young girl and falls for her. The mother becomes terribly jealous and tries to thwart the romance. She fails, and the happy young couple get married. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jean Muir, George Brent, (more)
- Director(s):
- Archie Mayo
Synopsis of Desirable
This drama examines the rivalry between a mother and the daughter she is too vain to acknowledge. The mother is a famous actress who does not want her true age to be known. She, therefore, keeps her 19-year old daughter secreted away in a boarding school. The daughter is too old to be concealed. She wants her own life, and she wants her mother to acknowledge her existence. She goes to New York to see her mother. At her mother's house, the young woman encounters her mother's newest suitor. He sees the young girl and falls for her. The mother becomes terribly jealous and tries to thwart the romance. She fails, and the happy young couple get married. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Desirable
- Jean Muir - Lois Johnson
- Veree Teasdale - Helen Walbridge
- Joan Wheeler - Barbara
- Charles Starrett - Russell Gray
- Virginia Hammond - Mrs. Gray
- Russell Hopton - Chet
- James Miller - Elevator Man
- Georgia Cooper - Jennie
- Harry Tyler - Box-Office Man
- Kathrun Sheldon - Volunteer Worker
- Cornelius Keefe - Eager Young Man
- Theresa Harris - Maid
- Edward Keane - Playgoer
- Maude Turner Gordon - Dowager
- George Brent - Stuart McAllister
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Eph
- Barbara Leonard - Margaret
- John Halliday - Austin Stevens
- Pauline True - Secretary
- Walter Brennan
- Gladys Gale - Large Woman
- Dennis O'Keefe - Party Guest
- Arthur Treacher - Butler
- Helene Millard - Blonde
- Jane Darwell
- George Humbert - Mario, the Maitre d'
- William "Wild Bill" Elliott
- Director(s):
- Archie Mayo
- Writer(s):
- Mary C. McCall, Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Edward Chodorov
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