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Heroes for Sale   1933         N/R, 73 min. Genre: Drama Director: William A. Wellman   Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott, Robert Barrat, Grant Mitchell, Charley Grapewin, Douglass Dumbrille, Ward Bond, Frank Darien, Berton Churchill, Robert McWade, G. Pat Collins, Margaret Seddon, Arthur Vinton   As the country heads for the Great Depression in 1929, Tom and Ruth Holmes (Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young) manage to cope with Tom's morphine addiction that he got while recuperating from an injury suffered during World War I. Tom is treated and released from an asylum and finds work at a laundry. He becomes friends with Max Brinker (Robert Barrat) who has invented a washing machine, and they form a partnership. Later, the machines put Tom and his coworkers out of business, which results in a riot during which Ruth is killed. By story's end, Tom has donated his fortune from the washing machine business to Mary (Aline MacMahon) so that she can feed the hungry during the Depression, and Tom is out roaming the streets looking for a job. Cast Richard Barthelmess Tom Holmes Loretta Young Ruth Loring Holmes Aline MacMahon Mary Dennis Gordon Westcott Roger Winston Robert Barrat Max Brinker Grant Mitchell George W. Gibson Charley Grapewin Paw Dennis Douglass Dumbrille Jim Ward Bond Red Frank Darien Announcer at Reception Berton Churchill Mr. Winsont Robert McWade Dr. Griggs G. Pat Collins Leader of Agitators Margaret Seddon Jeanette Holmes Arthur Vinton Captain Joyce