No More Orchids


No More Orchids is a 1932 American PreCode comedydrama film starring Carole Lombard and Lyle Talbot as mismatched lovers, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Perkins.

Annes father Bill Walter Connolly finds out and invites the man to dinner. He likes Tony very much. Eventually, Anne breaks down Tonys resistance and they become engaged.However, there is a formidable obstacle her grandfather Jerome Cedric C. Aubrey Smith. He had already been foiled once before in his ambition to have royalty in the family, when his daughter married Bill against his wishes. The richest man in America, Cedric had arranged the marriage to Carlos, going so far as to finance a revolution to restore the prince to his position. When he learns of the danger to his plans, he first threatens to disinherit his granddaughter when that does not work, he informs Anne that Bills bank is on the verge of bankruptcy and that he will not prop it up unless she marries his choice. Heartbroken, Anne gives in and breaks off her engagement to Tony without telling him why. ........

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