The Gay Sisters

The Gay Sisters is a 1942 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Gig Young who adopted his characters name as his screen name and Nancy Coleman. The Warner Bros. motion picture was based on a novel by Stephen Longstreet.

However, their half billion dollar inheritance is held up in probate for decades Fiona complains that they have practically grown up in court. Though they have a New York City Fifth Avenue mansion, the sisters have had to borrow money to live. A French charity claims that Penn made a later will before he died, leavingof the Gaylord estate to it. Though the Gaylords are now willing to give up the 10, their real antagonist, Charles Barclay George Brent, wants their mansion and the choice land on which it sits too, so he can tear it down as part of his real estate development, Barclay Square. Fiona is determined not to give in to this.Meanwhile, Evelyn has married an English nobleman, now fighting in the RAF, while Susanna is in love with painter Gig Young, despite being married herself. Susanna only stayed with her husband for a few hours, but he refuses to grant her an annulment unless she pays him a great deal of money, which of course she does not have access to. When Evelyn returns home from England, she becomes attracted to Gig herself and tries to steal him away. ........

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