Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

Name: Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Cast: Monty Woolley, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Sara Allgood, Melville Cooper

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Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is offered the lead in a new King Lear and Robert lands a composing job in Hollywood, better times seem for a while to beckon.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Irving PichelWriters: Emlyn Williams, Nunnally JohnsonProducer: William Goetz

Monty Woolley

as Madden Thomas

Ida Lupino

as Kathy Thomas

Cornel Wilde

as Robert Carter

Sara Allgood

as Alma Lothian, Robert's Aunt

Melville Cooper

as Barty

J. Edward Bromberg

as Sid Gordon

William Demarest

as Police Officer

Hal K. Dawson

as Producer

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