Our Betters (1933)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1933-03-17
Director: George Cukor (1899–1983)
Writers: W. Somerset Maugham , Jane Murfin , Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Language: English
Stars: Constance Bennett , Violet Kemble Cooper , Phoebe Foster , Grant Mitchell (I) (1874–1957) , Charles Starrett , Anita Louise , Gilbert Roland , Minor Watson , Hugh Sinclair , Alan Mowbray
Runtime: 83 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Our Betters , W. Somerset Maugham's Our Betters (United States of America) , Наше лучшее , Lodo y armiño (Argentina) , I nostri superiori (Italy) , Parempaa väkeä (Finland) , Our Betters (United States of America) , Lodo y armiño (Mexico) , Nuestros superiores (Spain) , Our Betters (United Kingdom) , Haute société (France, French Republic)
Plot: American heiress Pearl Saunders marries Lord George Grayston but later sees him embracing his lover on their wedding day. She has his title and he has her money; thereafter they are rarely seen together. Pearl is accepted by the British aristocracy and is presented at court, but creates a scandal by wearing black. She encourages her younger sister, Bessie, who idolizes her, to respond to the attentions of Lord Harry Bleane despite Bessie preferring American Fleming Harvey. Pearl gives a weekend party at the Grayston estate inviting close friends, including her lover, Arthur Fenwick; her friend, Duchess Minnie and Minnie's gigolo companion, Pepi D'Costa; as well as Bessie, Lord Bleane and Harvey. Pepi, who had been meeting Pearl on the sly, discretely suggests a rendezvous with her in the new teahouse on the property. Both make some pretext to leave but are seen by Minnie entering the teahouse. Vindictive Minnie pretends to have left her purse in the teahouse and sends Bessie to fetch it. Bessie finds the door locked but peeks through the window and is shocked by what she sees. Minnie, Fenwick, and Bessie are outraged at the lovers' ill-advised meeting, but Pearl sets out to assuage their anger.
IMDB:tt0024421