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Doughnuts and Society
“MOMS CHOOSE THEIR OFFSPRING'S MATE!”
8.0 / 10• 1936• 1h 3m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Louise Fazenda
Kate Flannagan
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lewis D. Collins's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Doughnuts and Society is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
