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Blonde Crazy (1931)

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Adventures of a cocky con man and his glamorous accomplice.

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Noel Francis ...
Helen Wilson
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Joe Reynolds
Guy Kibbee ...
A. Rupert Johnson, Jr.
Polly Walters ...
Peggy
William Burress ...
Col. Bellock
Maude Eburne ...
Mrs. Snyder
Nat Pendleton ...
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At a midwestern hotel, conniving bellhop Bert Harris has a finger in every pie. He promotes a job for glamorous Ann Roberts, but she does not immediately succumb to his charms. However, Bert soon enlists Ann as partner in his new profession of con man. Most of the victims they fleece are lawbreakers themselves. But Bert is tempted to try actual stealing, and Ann fears it will bring bad luck... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Jim's back!... with a brand new line!

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Comedy | Drama | Crime | Romance

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14 November 1931 (USA)  »

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Gente Esperta  »

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Pawnbroker: [inspecting the stolen bracelet Bert has brought in] It's nice. Maybe it's too nice. What'll I do with it? That stuff is hard to sell.
Bert Harris: Who cares? Give to your wife for a Christmas present.
[grabbing the pawnbroker by the ear]
Bert Harris: Listen three-balls, I want five thousand dollars and I want it in a hurry. It's worth twenty thousand. And don't give me any backtalk.
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Referenced in G.I. Joe: Lasers in the Night (1985) See more »

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" (With You on My Mind, I Find) I Can't Write the Words"
(1931) (uncredited)
Music by Gerald Marks
Lyrics by Buddy Fields
Played as dance music and sung by an uncredited tenor
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Great Chemistry Bteween the Two Stars But The Plt Veers Off
12 August 2005 | by (NY, NY) – See all my reviews

Roy del Ruth directed one exciting, racy movie after another in the days between the advent of talkies and the advent of the Code. This is definitely high on the list; but the lot sort of undoes everyone: It starts off as a naughty romp about a bellboy an a girl he gets a job in the hotel laundry. They are played by James Cagney (in one of his best roles, "White Heat" being probably my other favorite) and the always, always lovely and appealing Joan Blondell.

Their spats, his calling her "Hon-EE" are charming. The scene in which she's in the bath and tells him her money is in brassiere is pretty darn risqué. Not to mention his holding her panties in front of his own lower torso and then, very quickly sniffing the finger that's held her undergarments! Their fleecing of Guy Kibbee is fine. He's a classic movie boob and they don't take him for a lot.

Suddenly, though, Louis Calhern is a genuine gangster and they hook up with him. And this is not funny. Then the young, not very good or attractive Ray Milland appears and the plot gets really ugly.

(I do like Milland in his later roles but he was a baby here.) Had it simply stayed a saucy comedy it would have rated an 8 or maybe a 9. It covers too many bases, though, and the


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