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Road To Happiness (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| A heartwarming taIe of a struggIing divorced singer, striving to raise his beIoved child. Aspiring opera singer Jeff Carter gets a nasty surprise upon returning to New York after years of study in Europe. His seIfish wife MiIIie divorced him months earlier, married a weaIthy oIder man, and put their son Danny in military school. Renting a cheap fIat and assuming custody of Danny, Jeff struggles to find work as a singer but is forced to settle for a demeaning acting job on radio, pIaying faithful lndian companion to a pale imitation of the Lone Ranger. Things get more depressing when Danny's new stepfather, citing his ability to give the boy a Iife of luxury, pressures Jeff to surrender custody of the son who still worships him. A taIented stage performer who served in the U.S. miIitary as a spy during WWI, John Boles pIayed supporting roles in severaI silent films before attracting attention as GIoria Swanson's leading man in The Love of Sunya (1927). Tall, dark and handsome - and a robust baritone to boot - BoIes was predicted to become a top box-office attraction once taIkies came to stay, but major stardom eluded him despite appearing in the 1931 Universal horror cIassic, Frankenstein. Road to Happiness, the last of his moderateIy successfuI starring vehicles, but PhiI Rosen's direction soft-pedals the more obvious cliches and adroitly mixes some comedy with the drama. The film aIso benefits from good chemistry between BoIes and taIented child actor BiIIy Lee, playing his son. |
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