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The First Year is a 1932 American pre-Code film based on a 1920 play that originally ran on Broadway at the Little Theatre. The play was written by Frank Craven and produced by John Golden. It closed in 1922 after 760 performances.
In 1932, a film adapted from the Craven play was written by Lynn Starling. The film starred Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, and was directed by William K. Howard.
Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927).
Original Release
07/31/1932
US Release
07/31/1932
Cast
Name | Character |
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Janet Gaynor | Grace Livingston |
Charles Farrell | Tommy Tucker |
Minna Gombell | Mrs. Barstow |
Dudley Digges | Dr. Anderson |
Leila Bennett | Hattie |
Robert McWade | Fred Livingstone / Fred Livingston |
George Meeker | Dick Loring |
Maude Eburne | Emily Livingston |
Henry Kolker | Peter Barstow |
Elda Voelkel | Helen |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Janet Gaynor | Grace Livingston |
Charles Farrell | Tommy Tucker |
Minna Gombell | Mrs. Barstow |
Dudley Digges | Dr. Anderson |
Leila Bennett | Hattie |
Robert McWade | Fred Livingstone / Fred Livingston |
George Meeker | Dick Loring |
Maude Eburne | Emily Livingston |
Henry Kolker | Peter Barstow |
Elda Voelkel | Helen |