Christopher Bean (1933)
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Based on the play by Sidney Howard (of Gone with the Wind and Dead End fame), Christopher Bean is a showcase for the magnificent Marie Dressler. She plays Abby, the poor but proud housekeeper of a small-town doctor (Lionel Barrymore), his wife (Beulah Bondi), and their children. Years before the story proper begins, Abby had been a close friend of Christopher Bean, a local painter who was treated as a pariah by the community because of his drunken misbehavior. After his death, however, Bean was acknowledged as a genius, and his paintings became extremely valuable. One of Bean's best works is a portrait that he painted of Abby -- and she refuses to part with it at any price, despite the entreaties of her avaricious employers. Sadly, Christopher Bean was Marie Dressler's final film; she died of cancer not long after its completion. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Marie Dressler - Abby
- Beulah Bondi - Mrs. Haggett
- Helen Mack - Susan
- H.B. Warner - Davenport
- Russell Hardie - Warren Creamer
- Lionel Barrymore - Dr. Haggett
- Helen Shipman - Ada
- Jean Hersholt - Rosen
- George Coulouris - Tallent
- Ellen Lowe - Maid
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Writer(s):
- Laurence E. Johnson, Sylvia Thalberg
- Producer(s):
- Harry Rapf
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