The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) on Netflix
TV-G19321h 11mComedyDramaRomance
Caroline Grannard's marriage to the stockbroker Greg Grannard comes apart when she learns of his affair with Allison Adair. Julian Tierney, a novelist long in love with her, sees his chance.
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Caroline Grannard, a New York socialite, thinks her marriage to the stockbroker Greg Grannard is a happy one until she learns he has been seeing Allison Adair. When she confronts him, he admits the affair and tells her he wants a divorce. Julian Tierney, a novelist and war correspondent who has loved Caroline for years, is on his way to an assignment in Romania. Once her divorce is final, he meets her in Paris and proposes. Caroline, who says her feelings for Greg are over, asks for time to think it over, and Julian leaves without her. Malbro, a friend of Caroline's, has been trying without success to draw Julian into a romance.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
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- Ruth Chatterton made Bette Davis so nervous she could not get a word out, until Davis told her, "I'm so damned scared of you I'm speechless!" The outburst relaxed them both, and in later years Davis tried to help young actors who were terrified of her.
- The Rich Are Always with Us was the first film in which Bette Davis was photographed by Ernest Haller, who went on to shoot thirteen more of her films. She called him "the genius" and "my miracle man", and he became her favorite cinematographer.
- Bette Davis tried during filming to start a romance with George Brent, without success; Brent instead married the film's leading lady, Ruth Chatterton, shortly after shooting was finished.
