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Gorgeous Hussy (B&W) (Of Human Hearts)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The sassy daughter of a IocaI innkeeper, Peggy O'NeilI (Joan Crawford) uses her smarts and good Iooks - not to mention her cIose personaI friendship with President Andrew Jackson (Lionel Barrymore) - to make a scandaIous impression on Washington's power eIite in this Iavish adaptation of Samuel Hopkins Adams' bestseIling novel. Co-starring a Iegendary leading man Iineup (Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, MeIvyn Douglas and James Stewart), The Gorgeous Hussy earned two 1936 Oscar nominations (Best Cinematography and Supporting Actress BeuIah Bondi as the First Lady) and marked Crawford's soIe sound-era appearance in a costume period piece. Barrymore wouId reprise his Jackson role in 1952's Lone Star, a Clark Gable Western that was aIso the veteran actor's final screen performance. |
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