Our Blushing Brides (1930)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Writers:

Bess Meredyth (dialogue) &
John Howard Lawson (dialogue) ...

Release Date:

19 July 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The Man Joan Loves---Loves Her! But Marriage Never Entered His Head! (original ad)

Plot:

Fellow shopgirls and roommates Jerry, Connie and Franky take different paths in the big city. Connie has an affair with David...

Plot Keywords:

Department Store | Son | New York City | Friendship | Flirting

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Geraldine 'Gerry' March
Anita Page	...	Connie Blair
Dorothy Sebastian	...	Francine 'Franky' Daniels
Robert Montgomery	...	Tony Jardine
Raymond Hackett	...	David 'Davey' Jardine
John Miljan	...	Martin W. 'Marty' Sanderson
Hedda Hopper	...	Mrs. Lansing Ross-Weaver
Albert Conti	...	Monsieur Pantoise
Edward Brophy	...	Joseph Aloysius 'Joe' Munsey
Robert Emmett O'Connor	...	The Detective (as Robert O'Connor)
Martha Sleeper	...	Evelyn Woodforth
Gwen Lee	...	Miss Dardinelle, a Mannequin
Mary Doran	...	Eloise, a Mannequin
Catherine Moylan	...	Mannequin
Norma Drew	...	Mannequin

Runtime:

102 min | USA:99 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Quotes:

Mrs. Hinkle, the Landlady: Mr. Carter, third floor front. He's a process server. That's a real influential job. He thinks you're pretty nice. He'd like to take you out.
Geraldine 'Gerry' March: No thank you, Mrs. Hinkle. You see, I'm avoiding process servers this season

Movie Connections:

Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Puttin' on the Ritz

Decent "modern" melodrama

A showcase for Joan Crawford -- R. Montgomery's name appeared way at the bottom of the screen with all the other names while Joan's was huge above the credits. Cinderella story with a squalid sexy feel, including lots of lingerie-clad models and the suggestion of sexual violence. It's not really very funny, though, and sound hampers all aspects of this early "talkie". Montgomery is good as usual, but his role is very insubstantial considering his talents (which would not come out until years later in "Night Must Fall" and "suspense" on radio). This movie probably helped his career, though, because he looks and sounds pretty good in it, compared to the squeeking britishers starting to dominate films after sound (the best of whom, Ray Milland and Cary Grant, are fortunately the only ones well remembered).