Perfect Understanding (1933)

01/15/1933Romance, Comedy, Drama1h 20m
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Overview

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gloria Swanson

    Judy Rogers

  2. Cast 1

    Laurence Olivier

    Nicholas Randall

  3. Cast 1

    John Halliday

    Ivan Ronnson

  4. Cast 1

    Nigel Playfair

    Lord Portleigh

  5. Michael Farmer

    George Drayton

  6. Cast 1

    Genevieve Tobin

    Kitty Drayton

  7. Cast 1

    Nora Swinburne

    Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice

  8. Cast 1

    O.B. Clarence

    Dr. Graham

  9. Cast 1

    Mary Jerrold

    Mrs. Graham

I can't help thinking that Cyril Gardner may have done better with this had it been a silent film. There are some stunning photographic scenes and at times, it verges on the travelogue as Gloria Swanson ("Judy") and a very dashing Laurence Olivier ("Nick") meet, fall in love and engage in an early thirties version of a "open marriage". They travel the length and breadth of Europe before he ends up in Cannes visiting a friend whilst she decants home to prepare their flat in London. In Cannes, "Nick" gets a bit sozzled and hooks up with old flame Nora Swinburne ("Lady Fitzmaurice") after getting...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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