The First Year (1932 film)

For the 1926 film, see The First Year (1926 film).

The First Year is a 1932 American pre-Code film based on a 1920 play of the same name that originally ran on Broadway at the Little Theatre. The play was written by Frank Craven and produced by John Golden. It closed in 1922 after 760 performances.^[1]

The First Year
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Directed by	William K. Howard
Written by	Frank Craven (play) Lynn Starling
Starring	Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell
Cinematography	Hal Mohr
Edited by	Jack Murray
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	July 31, 1932 (1932-07-31)
Running time	80 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

In 1932, a film adapted from the Craven play was written by Lynn Starling. The film starred Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, and was directed by William K. Howard.

Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).

Plot

Cast

• Janet Gaynor as Grace Livingston
• Charles Farrell as Tommy Tucker
• Minna Gombell as Mrs. Barstow
• Dudley Digges as Dr. Anderson
• George Meeker as Dick Loring
• Robert McWade as Fred Livingston