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Lena Rivers

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Young Lena Rivers, who was born out of wedlock, goes to live with a rich uncle. Unfortunately, her uncle's wife and daughter make no secret of their dislike of Lena and that they don't want her in their family.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1932-03-27

Runtime: 67 mins

Director: Phil Rosen

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Romance

Original title: Lena Rivers

Production Companies: Tiffany Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

G

Geronimo1967
The problem with this film is that there is way too much hard-luck back-story around the central character "Lena Rivers" (a glamorous, but somehow lacking Charlotte Henry) - there are entire aristocratic families with less ancestral baggage than this poor girl. All that works, as a writing opportunity, up to a point - but after twenty minutes or so I found I just didn't care for her very much and was therefore looking around for something else to distract me - and sadly, that was not to be. Usually there are plenty of quirky supporting cast (characters) to watch but they are too introspective and self-involved. Clarence Muse is - by a country mile - the stand out character as "Curfew" but otherwise I felt the hour drag somewhat.
2022-06-13

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