Kept Husbands
A battling drama of mortgaged manhood.
A pre-code romantic drama about class conflict and masculine pride, centered on a working-class man's struggle to maintain dignity in a relationship with a wealthy woman.
A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled daughter.
Essence
Ensemble
Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothea 'Dot' Helen Parker Brunton
Joel McCrea
Richard 'Dick' Brunton
Clara Kimball Young
Henrietta Post
Ned Sparks
Hughie Hanready
Mary Carr
Mrs. Brunton
Robert McWade
Arthur Parker
Bryant Washburn
Charlie Bates
Florence Roberts
Henrietta Parker
Freeman Wood
Llewllyn Post
Eddy Chandler
Steelworker (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
Gwen (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye
Mons. Prinz (uncredited)
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