Min and Bill (1930)
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This early talkie melodrama features a waterfront hotel-owner (Marie Dressler) and her relationship with an area fisherman (Wallace Beery). The two are the guardians for a young girl (Dorothy Jordan) whose mother deserted her, but they lose custody of the girl to truant officers. The couple scrape… More This early talkie melodrama features a waterfront hotel-owner (Marie Dressler) and her relationship with an area fisherman (Wallace Beery). The two are the guardians for a young girl (Dorothy Jordan) whose mother deserted her, but they lose custody of the girl to truant officers. The couple scrape up enough money to get the child back and into a boarding school, where she finds love with a wealthy young man (Donald Dillaway). Dressler won the Oscar for Best Actress in this 1930 film, the year's box-office breakthrough. ~ John Bush, Rovi
- Directed By
- George W. Hill
- Written By
- Frances Marion, Marion Jackson
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 29, 1930 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Marie Dressler won the Best Actress Oscar for this MGM film, which was a huge hit, turning her and Wallace Beery into Hollywood's most popular stars in the early 1930s.
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Cast
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Marie Dressler
as Min Divot
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Wallace Beery
as Bill
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Dorothy Jordan
as Nancy Smith
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Marjorie Rambeau
as Bella Pringle
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DeWitt Jennings
as Groot
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Russell Hopton
as Alec Johnson
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Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Mr. Southard
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Gretta Gould
as Mrs. Southard
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Hank Bell
as Sailor
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Donald Dillaway
as Dick Cameron
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Henry Roquemore
as Bella's Stateroom Lover
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Jack Pennick
as Merchant Seaman
- Don Dillaway
