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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

6.8/ 10

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1942

Release Year

85 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is offered the lead in a new King Lear and Robert lands a composing job in Hollywood, better times seem for a while to beckon.

Keywords

parent child relationship
dark comedy
backstage
alcoholic

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 23, 2024

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7/10

Maybe if celebrated actor "Madden" (Monty Woolley) hadn't fallen foul of the bottle, he might have stayed at the top of his game. He didn't, though, and so he has to share his small flat with daughter "Kathy" (Ida Lupino). She hasn't her problems to seek, either. She's lived with this man for all of

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