Probation (1932 film)

Probation (also known as Second Chances) is a 1932 film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Clara Kimball Young and Betty Grable.^[1] The film was distributed by the Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation.

Synopsis

Ruth (Betty Grable) is a minor who is running with an uptown, older man; Ruth's brother Nick, (John Darrow), is unaware of kid sisters activities. Ruth is turned into the Juvenile authorities by the well meaning Mrs. Humphries, (Clara Kimball Young). Nick finds the man in their apartment and proceeds to be arrested for beating up the man, who runs away before Nick is arrested. Nick is taken to Night Court and remanded to the custody of the judges, (J. Farrell MacDonald), niece, Janet, for six months as her chauffeur. Janet, (Sally Blane), is the fiance of Allen, (Eddie Phillips), who is coincidentally the man who was beaten up by Nick.

Betty Grable is on the verge of becoming a superstar, in the 1940s.^[2][3]

Cast

• Sally Blane as Janet
• John Darrow as Nick
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Uncle George
• Clara Kimball Young as Mrs. Humphries
• Eddie Phillips as Allen
• David Rollins as Alec
• Matty Kemp as Berl
• David Durant as David
• Betty Grable, as Ruth

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