Doughnuts and Society

Doughnuts and Society

MOMS CHOOSE THEIR OFFSPRING'S MATE!

NR 1936 · 63 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy, Romance

Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their locally-famous doughnuts, engage in their favorite pastime, friendly quarreling between themselves. This changes when Belle suddenly becomes heir to a small fortune which allows her to crash high-society and make her daughter,Joan, a débutante. This creates a rift between the two former partners, with the result that the proud Kate refuses to accept her friend's good fortune nor allow her son, Jerry, who is in love with Joan, to do so.

Directed by Lewis D. Collins · Written by Robert St. Claire

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Louise Fazenda Kate Flannagan
Maude Eburne Belle Dugan
Ann Rutherford Joan Dugan
Edward Nugent Jerry Flannagan
Hedda Hopper Mrs. Murray Hill
Franklin Pangborn Benson
Harold Minjir Hoyt
Olaf Hytten Wellington
Robert Light Bill
Isabelle Keith Miss Bradley
Smiley Burnette Mover #2
Ed Cassidy Barker (uncredited)

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