By Your Leave (1934)
A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.
Top billed cast
Frank MorganHenry Smith
Genevieve TobinEllen Smith
Neil HamiltonDavid McKenzie
Marian NixonAndree
Glenn AndersFreddie Wilkins
Gene LockhartSkeets
Margaret HamiltonWhiffen
Betty GrableFrances
Charles RayLeonard Purcell
Lona AndreFlorence Purcell
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