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Three Cornered Moon is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Ray Harris and S.K. Lauren, and starring Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, and Wallace Ford.
Three Cornered Moon: Directed by Elliott Nugent. With Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, Wallace Ford. Nellie Rimplegar has to tell her grown children that due to her bungled handling of their finances, the family has been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.
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- Comedy
- Elliott Nugent
- 1933-08-08
One Colbert feature that is almost always overlooked is Three-Cornered Moon, produced at Paramount (where she was a contract star) in 1933. Based on a play of the same title, Three-Cornered Moon is a film of subtle qualities, perhaps overshadowed by more spectacular contemporary productions.
Directed by Elliott Nugent. There are five kinds of saps on the Remplegar family tree and every branch grows a nut! Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth.
- Elliott Nugent
- Paramount
Overview. Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker.
Three Cornered Moon. Elizabeth Rimplegar (Claudette Colbert) inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie (Mary Boland), mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the...
- Romance, Comedy
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Released during the darkest days of the Depression, Three-Cornered Moon (1933) stars two film actresses whose careers thrived in Hollywood during the 1930s, Mary Boland and Claudette Colbert.
