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The Shining Hour is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Borzage released in USA on 18 november 1938 with Joan Crawford
The Shining Hour (1938)
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Add to a movie listThe Shining Hour is a 1938 MGM film, based on the 1934 play
The Shining Hour by Keith Winter. The film starred Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, and Fay Bainter.
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Olivia Riley (Joan Crawford), a New York City nightclub dancer, tires of the fast life and consents to marry Henry Linden (Melvyn Douglas), a wealthy farmer from Wisconsin. Even before they engage to be married, however, Henry's brother David (Robert Young) is sent to New York by their domineering sister Hannah (Fay Bainter) to dissuade him from marrying Olivia. In private, Olivia slaps David when her integrity is questioned, but she marries Henry because she says he's the only person in her life who is endlessly positive. When Olivia moves to her new husband's farm in Wisconsin, she encounters trouble from her sister-in-law Hannah, who does not approve of her. Olivia finds an ally in David's wife, Judy (Margaret Sullavan), who is in a loveless marriage.Actors
Joan Crawford
(Olivia Riley Linden)
Margaret Sullavan
(Judy Linden)
Robert Young
(David Linden)
Melvyn Douglas
(Henry Linden)
Fay Bainter
(Hannah Linden)
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