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Ruth Chatterton
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Ruth Chatterton

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    / Films of the 1930s and ’40s

    … (1930), a drama that featured Ruth Chatterton as a young wife who is abandoned by her abusive husband after he sells their young son to a wealthy couple; she goes on to become an opera star and, with the help of an attorney (Fredric March), reclaims her child. After contributing…

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    … (1930), a drama that featured Ruth Chatterton as a young wife who is abandoned by her abusive husband after he sells their young son to a wealthy couple; she goes on to become an opera star and, with the help of an attorney (Fredric March), reclaims her child. After contributing…

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