The Rich Are Always with Us

The Rich Are Always with Us is a 1932 American PreCode romantic comedydrama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Austin Parker is based on the novel of the same name by Ethel Pettit.

While en route to an assignment in Romania, novelist and war correspondent Julian Tierney, long in love with Caroline, meets her in Paris after her divorce is finalized and asks her to marry him. Although she insists she no longer has feelings for her exhusband, she asks Julian for time to consider his proposal, and he departs without her.Caroline returns to the United States and discovers Greg and Alison are expecting a baby. Malbro, who has been trying to entice Julian into a romantic relationship without much success, advises Caroline he is planning to travel to China and India in hopes of forgetting her. Caroline tells Julian she loves him as well and they spend the night together. When Allison learns about their tryst, she tries to create a scandal but is stopped by Malbro and Greg. On their way home, the couple become involved in a heated discussion in the car and are involved in a crash in which Allison is killed and Greg is injured severely. ........

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