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The Gay Sisters is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irving Rapper released in USA on 1 august 1942 with Barbara Stanwyck
The Gay Sisters (1942)
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Add to a movie listThe Gay Sisters is a 1942 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Gig Young (who adopted his character's name as his screen name) and Nancy Coleman. The Warner Bros. motion picture was based on a novel by Stephen Longstreet.
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Fiona, Evelyn, and Susanna are the Gaylord sisters. There are no brothers. When their mother dies on the sunken RMS Lusitania, and their army officer father, Penn Gaylord, is killed in France, they must manage their Fifth Avenue mansion by themselves—never realizing their half billion dollar inheritance because of legal system gimmickry. Fiona (Barbara Stanwyck) is the eldest of the three children, and the daughter whom Penn referred to as "my son" and "the head of the household" upon his departure for the European front. Fiona tells the family servants that she will henceforth be known as "Miss Gaylord" rather than "Miss Fiona".Actors
Barbara Stanwyck
(Fiona Gaylord)
George Brent
(Charles Barclay)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
(Evelyn Gaylord)
Donald Crisp
(Ralph Pedloch)
Gig Young
(Gig Young)
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