Our Betters
“"Marriage Is So Dull and Middleclass!"”
1933•NR•1h 23m•5.3•Released
ComedyDramaRomance
Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maintain a loveless marriage, a trade-off Pearl accepts in order to gain admittance to her husband's aristocratic social circle. While Pearl pursues her own affair with gigolo Pepi D'Costa, her visiting sister, Bessie, arrives and is appalled when Pearl's arrangement is revealed.
Director
George Cukor
Writer
Jane Murfin, Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Constance Bennett
Lady Pearl Grayston
Violet Kemble Cooper
Duchess
Phoebe Foster
Princess
Grant Mitchell
Thornton Clay
Charles Starrett
Fleming Harvey
Anita Louise
Bessie
Gilbert Roland
Pepi D'Costa
Tyrell Davis
Ernest
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
David O. Selznick
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