One of the silliest films ever made--and that's saying a lot! Maybe 1930's audiences were moved by Ms. Bankhead's descent from socialite to prostitute and Robert Montgomery's taking to his bed with a bad case of "Hollywood Disease," while she becomes a hooker to support him. And maybe they accepted the scene where Montgomery's brother returns from Canada and is solicited by Bankhead on a street corner and breaks the news to a clueless but forgiving Montgomery. But today the film's appeal must surely be mostly for its CAMP value, which is considerable. Could be shown on a double bill with "DANCE FOOLS DANCE" with Joan Crawford and a very young Clark Gable, wherein--once more-- a socialite down on her luck has to become a sexy nightclub "dancer" and consort with dangerous but swarthy masculine gangster types (because of the Crash on Wall Street)--before being redeemed (economically and morally) in the last reel.--What a woman will do for her man! What men will do to a woman! When will Hollywood do remakes of these movies!?!
Review of Faithless
