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The Girl from Missouri

Release Date:August 3, 1934

Running Time:73 min

Genres:Comedy, Romance

Director

Cast

Jean Harlow Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Lewis Stone Patsy Kelly Alan Mowbray Clara Blandick Hale Hamilton Henry Kolker Nat Pendleton William 'Stage' Boyd Francis X. Bushman Jr.

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Synopsis

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.

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