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A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a claim on his estate for her daughter, who is actually the rightful heir.
Women Won't Tell
1932 Directed by Richard Thorpe
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16 Nov 1932
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A true depression era movie about an middle-aged woman living with her daughter at the dumps collecting garbage. Naturally it becomes a fairytale story as the girl is a daughter of a rich man who dies, with trouble coming when a couple claiming to be her real parents appear. It's a low budget one from Chesterfield Motion Pictures and naturally there are always limits for such productions with the story hardly reaching it's emotional potential. But the approach feels unique for such a company and becomes pleasant viewing.
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Low budget drama written by Lela Rogers (mother of Ginger Rogers) that features some very strong female characters including a "queen of the trash dump" homeless woman, her tennis playing daughter and an ambitious reporter dame. The story is very Capra-esque and works in spite of the production limitations.