A Single Man

A Single Man

1929 · 60 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy, Romance

Robin Worthington (Lew Cody), a middle-aged man attracted by a young woman, at first avoids her, then falls for her. He undergoes a profound change in temperament, but in the end he marries his secretary, Mary Hazeltine (Aileen Pringle), who had gone away plain and come back strikingly beautiful and wearing the latest new fashions.

Directed by Harry Beaumont · Written by F. Hugh Herbert

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