Hardboiled Rose

Melodramatic romance of Dixieland!

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A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her feet and takes her away from it all.

Released: Mar 30, 1929

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Myrna Loy

Rose Duhamel

John Miljan

Steve Wallace

Gladys Brockwell

Julie Malo

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