

Dynamite
DirectorCecil B. DeMille
“She Denied Him Her Love, So He Took It! She Stole His Name, Tricked Him, Humbled Him and - in the end - Worshipped Him!”
Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.
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Cast

Conrad Nagel
Roger Towne

Kay Johnson
Cynthia Crothers

Charles Bickford
Hagon Derk

Julia Faye
Marcia Towne

Joel McCrea
Marco
Muriel McCormac
Katie Derk

Robert Edeson
Wise Fool

William Holden
Wise Fool
Henry Stockbridge
Wise Fool

Leslie Fenton
Young 'Vulture'
Barton Hepburn
Young 'Vulture'

Tyler Brooke
The Life of the Party
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