Life Begins at Forty

"The sage rides to the rescue of youth and romance...a rollicking comedy of home folks."

1935 1h 25m EN

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MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.

“The sage rides to the rescue of youth and romance...a rollicking comedy of home folks.”

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Cast

Will Rogers
Keneshaw H. Clark
Richard Cromwell
Lee Austin
George Barbier
Col. Joseph Abercrombie
Rochelle Hudson
Adele Anderson
Jane Darwell
Ida Harris
Slim Summerville
T. Watterson Meriwether
Sterling Holloway
Chris
Thomas Beck
Joe Abercrombie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Marshall
Writers: William M. Conselman, Dudley Nichols, Lamar Trotti
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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91 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CAST

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Will Rogers and Richard Cromwell and George Barbier carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The sage rides to the rescue of youth and romance...a rollicking comedy of home folks.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0026629 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

George Marshall directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
291 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Will Rogers and Richard Cromwell and George Barbier carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "The sage rides to the rescue of youth and romance...a rollicking comedy of home folks.".
5IMDB entry: tt0026629 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.