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Probation (1932 film)

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'Probation' (also known as 'Second Chances') is an American Pre-Code 1932 film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Clara Kimball Young and Betty Grable. The film was distributed by the Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation.

Plot



Ruth (Betty Grable) is a minor who is running with an uptown, older man. Ruth's brother, Nick (John Darrow), is unaware of his kid sister's activities. Ruth is turned in to the juvenile authorities by the well-meaning Mrs. Humphries (Clara Kimball Young). Nick finds a man in their apartment and proceeds to be arrested for beating up the man, who runs away before Nick is arrested. Nick is taken to night court and remanded to the custody of the judge's (J. Farrell MacDonald) niece, Janet, for six months as her chauffeur. Janet (Sally Blane) is the fianc of Allen (Eddie Phillips), who is coincidentally the man who was beaten up by Nick.

Betty Grable is on the verge of becoming a superstar, in the 1940s.

Cast



*Sally Blane as Janet

*John Darrow as Nick

*J. Farrell MacDonald as Uncle George

*Clara Kimball Young as Mrs. Humphries

*Eddie Phillips as Allen

*David Rollins as Alec

*Matty Kemp as Berl

*David Durand as David

*Betty Grable, as Ruth

References



Category:1932 films

Category:Films directed by Richard Thorpe

Category:1932 drama films

Category:American drama films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Chesterfield Pictures films

Category:1930s English-language films

Category:1930s American films


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