Let Us Be Gay

Let Us Be Gay

79 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 11, 1930

Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance, their children and himself. Kitty re-invents herself and becomes a Continental favorite, dressing like a fashion model and behaving gaily. Three years after their divorce, Bob is at the home of a wealthy matron romancing her soon-to-be-married granddaughter, when the matron invites Kitty to a weekend party to steal Bob away from the granddaughter. When Kitty and Bob see each other, neither lets on they have a past, and the party continues as Bob pursues his ex-wife and new conquest equally.

Let Us Be Gay

79 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 11, 1930

Let Us Be Gay
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance, their children and himself. Kitty re-invents herself and becomes a Continental favorite, dressing like a fashion model and behaving gaily. Three years after their divorce, Bob is at the home of a wealthy matron romancing her soon-to-be-married granddaughter, when the matron invites Kitty to a weekend party to steal Bob away from the granddaughter. When Kitty and Bob see each other, neither lets on they have a past, and the party continues as Bob pursues his ex-wife and new conquest equally.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Let Us Be Gay
Directors Robert Z. Leonard
Writers Lucille Newmark, Rachel Crothers, Frances Marion

Cast

Norma Shearer

as Kitty Brown

Rod La Rocque

as Bob Brown

Marie Dressler

as Mrs. Bouccicault

Gilbert Emery

as Townley

Hedda Hopper

as Madge Livingston

Raymond Hackett

as Bruce

Sally Eilers

as Diane

Tyrell Davis

as Wallace

Wilfred Noy

as Whitman - 1st Butler

William H. O'Brien

as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)

Sybil Grove

as Perkins - the Maid