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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

6.719421h 25m
Drama

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is offered the lead in a new King Lear and Robert lands a composing job in Hollywood, better times seem for a while to beckon.

Directed by Irving Pichel

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CAST

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Monty Woolley
Monty WoolleyMadden Thomas
Ida Lupino
Ida LupinoKathy Thomas
Cornel Wilde
Cornel WildeRobert Carter
Sara Allgood
Sara AllgoodAlma Lothian, Robert's Aunt
Melville Cooper
Melville CooperBarty
J. Edward Bromberg
J. Edward BrombergSid Gordon
William Demarest
William DemarestPolice Officer
Hal K. Dawson
Hal K. DawsonProducer

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