The First Year (1926)
Frank Craven's hit Broadway comedy The First Year was gracefully adapted for the screen by Oscar-winning wordsmith Frances Marion. Matt Moore and Kathryn Perry star as young married couple Tom and Grace, who do their best to cope with the million-and-one crises facing them during their first year together. At the film's midpoint, it looks as though the couple is headed for the divorce courts when a dinner party designed to improve Tom's business chances goes horribly awry. Happily, things straighten out in time for Grace to inform her hubby that a "little stranger" is on the way. The sensitive direction of Frank Borzage helped lift The First Year several notches above the usual domestic-comedy syndrome. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Matt Moore, Katherine Perry, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank Borzage
Synopsis of The First Year
Frank Craven's hit Broadway comedy The First Year was gracefully adapted for the screen by Oscar-winning wordsmith Frances Marion. Matt Moore and Kathryn Perry star as young married couple Tom and Grace, who do their best to cope with the million-and-one crises facing them during their first year together. At the film's midpoint, it looks as though the couple is headed for the divorce courts when a dinner party designed to improve Tom's business chances goes horribly awry. Happily, things straighten out in time for Grace to inform her hubby that a "little stranger" is on the way. The sensitive direction of Frank Borzage helped lift The First Year several notches above the usual domestic-comedy syndrome. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The First Year
- Matt Moore - Tom Tucker
- John Patrick - Dick Loring
- Virginia Madison - Mrs. Livingston
- John Farrell MacDonald - Mr. Barstow
- Katherine Perry - Grace Livingston
- Frank Currier - Dr. Livingston
- Frank Cooley - Mr. Livingston
- Alec C. Snowden - Hattie
- Director(s):
- Frank Borzage
- Writer(s):
- Frances Marion
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