Movie

Laughter (1930)

• NR
• September 24, 1930
• 1h 25m

• Romance
• Comedy

“The emotion-swept romance of a modern woman who found that life without laughter is living death”

Overview

Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions of her longtime friend, the volatile sculptor Ralph Le Saint. When pianist Paul Lockridge arrives from Paris, he begs Peggy to run away with him to France, where they can share adventure and a full life -- but complications arise for Peggy when Gibson's attractive daughter visits.

Director

Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Writers

Douglas Z. Doty, Donald Ogden Stewart, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Starring

Nancy Carroll, Fredric March, Frank Morgan