Five And Ten (1931)

Five And Ten (1931)Best known as a comedienne. Marion Davies demonstrates her dramatic skills in a sumptuously appointed melodrama pairing her with Leslie Howard, whom Davies personally selected for the role. As the story begins, the nickels and dimes that kept cash registers ringing have added up to huge wealth for driven five and ten magnate john Rarick, who moves with his family from Kansas to New York to set up new corporate headquarters and to insinuate the Raricks

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the trio discovers that the town has been swindled and the new dam isn't reinforced

From his conquest of new worlds to his discovery of spaghetti

as well as an all-star cast including Daryl Hannah ("Grumpier Old Men

forcing the warring suitors to settle their differences in order to rescue the townspeople from a coming deluge

a compelling john Garfield in one of his finest early roles

the group must also outwit a local pirate

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organizes a gang of outlaws and Apache warriors that comes looking for the gold-fancying gunfighter while he's incarcerated in dusty Coldstone

He's always gone by the book

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Special Features: Commentary by Angela Lansbury and film historian Steve Haberman