Five and Ten (1931 film)

Five and Ten
Five and Ten
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	A. P. Younger; Edith Fitzgerald;
Based on	Five and Ten; 1929 novel; by Fannie Hurst
Produced by	Marion Davies; Robert Z. Leonard;
Starring	Marion Davies; Leslie Howard; Irene Rich;
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Margaret Booth
Production; companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Cosmopolitan Productions;
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	June 13, 1931;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Five and Ten is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies, Leslie Howard and Irene Rich. Davies plays as an heiress and Howard the man she loves, though he marries someone else. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions in partnership with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1929 Fannie Hurst novel of the same name.^[1]

Plot

The wealthy John G. Rarick has made a huge success of a chain of five and ten cent stores and decides to move his family, including his daughter Jennifer, from Kansas City to New York. Jennifer is delighted to move amongst the social elite but faces snobbishness because of her background. She becomes very attracted to a man she encounters, an aspiring architect Berry Rhodes but he is already engaged to another woman who despites Jennifer.

Cast

Marion Davies as Jennifer Rarick
Leslie Howard as Berry Rhodes
Richard Bennett as John G. Rarick
Irene Rich as Jenny Rarick
Douglass Montgomery as Avery Rarick
Mary Duncan as Muriel Preston
Lee Beranger as Leslie (uncredited)
Theodore Von Eltz as Ramon (uncredited)
George Irving as Mr. Brooks (uncredited)
Halliwell Hobbes as Hopkins (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn as Dennison (uncredited)
Henry Armetta as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ruth Selwyn as Midge (uncredited)

References

^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993

Bibliography

Gabrielle, Lara. Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies. University of California Press, 2022.
Pizzitola, Louis. Hearst Over Hollywood: Power, Passion, and Propaganda in the Movies. Columbia University Press, 2002.