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Young as You Feel
UNITED STATES · 1931

Young as You Feel

Frank Borzage
family conflict generational divide business inheritance father-son relationships wealth and privilege
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Synopsis

Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed with culture, while Tom is a physical fitness nut. At the office, Lemuel is exasperated when Billy arrives for work at four in the afternoon and cannot stay because of a party he is giving that night to unveil a s

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