Don't Bet on Love
Bill McCaffery, a plumber, wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. Molly Gilbert, his manicurist girlfriend, stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.
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"Charley Grapewin is a plumber and his son, Lew Ayres, works for him. His heart is at the track, and when he makes enough money for Ginger Rogers to marry him, she throws him over because he won't give up the ponies. He carries the torch for her, but he wins huge sums of money through his doping out winners.... for a while. There's lot of snappy patter in this Pre-Code, but it seems that only Ayres and Grapewin put any energy into their performances. 1933 was the year in which Miss Rogers began to distinguish herself, but this is pretty is pretty much a placeholder role, and any of a..."
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After meeting on the set of Don't Bet on Love in 1933, Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres married a year later in November 1934. The couple was married for six years, but divorced in 1940.
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Bill McCaffery, a plumber, wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. Molly Gilbert, his manicurist girlfriend, stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.