Life Begins with Love

Life Begins with Love

MODERN YOUTH HAS ITS FLING...IN A ROARING ROMANCE THAT MAKES THE RAFTERS RING!

NR 1937 · 72 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy, Drama

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a pretty young girl determined to make life better for her charges, and he soon begins to question his own priorities.

Directed by Ray McCarey · Written by Thomas Mitchell

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Cast

Jean Parker Carole Martin
Douglass Montgomery William Addington Drake IV
Edith Fellows Dodie Martin
Leona Maricle Millicent Bonham
Lumsden Hare Col. William Addington Drake III
Aubrey Mather Roberts
James Burke Darby McGraw
Minerva Urecal Mrs. Murphy
Scotty Beckett Young Boy
Joel Davis Stevie
Ernie Adams Radical (uncredited)
Margaret Armstrong Mrs. Briggs (uncredited)

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