The O'Tooles inherit a fortune and move to Pasadena where they try to break into society by having lavish dinner parties. The guests are stunned by the O'Tooles' manners, and they leave when the "Pittsburgh Kid" and his Bowery wife, Yvonne, uninvited guests, arrive.
Breaking Into Society (1923) Review A Gilded Mirage in Pasadena The silent comedy Breaking Into Society arrives as a curious artifact of early‑twentieth‑century American cinema, a film that simultaneously lampoons and reveres the frantic pursuit of social acceptance. Directed by the industrious Hunt Stromberg, th...
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" Breaking Into Society (1923) Review A Gilded Mirage in Pasadena The silent comedy Breaking Into Society arrives as a curious artifact of early‑twentieth‑century American cinema, a film that simultaneously lampoons and reveres the frantic pursuit of social acceptance. Directed by the industrious Hunt Stromberg, the picture follows the O'Tooles—an unassuming family suddenly flush with wealth—who relocate to the fashionable enclave of Pasadena with a singular ambition: to be welcomed into the..."
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