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Writers:
Edith Fitzgerald (play) &
Robert Riskin (play) ...
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Release Date:
14 February 1931 (USA) more
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Tagline:
She dared!
Plot:
A young couple lives together out of wedlock, but they find that they're ahead of their time. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Barbara Stanwyck ... Anne Vincent Ives
James Rennie ... Richard 'Dick' Ives II
Ricardo Cortez ... Price Baines
Natalie Moorhead ... Marjorie 'Margie' True
Charles Butterworth ... George Evans
Joan Blondell ... Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Claude Gillingwater ... Richard Ives Sr.
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:79 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Brunswick)
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The play was copyrighted 1 July 1930, but had no New York City Broadway production. more
Quotes:
Anne Vincent Ives: Why Georgie, you look a little emaciated!
George Evans: Well, I was just emaciated into the Elks Saturday night.
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young Stanwyck commentary on married life, 28 August 2008
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Author: ksf-2 from southwest US

In 1931, Stanwyck was still a young girl, with her LONG hair, child-like innocent manner, and round kid face. As Anne Vincent, she wants to stay single and happy, while her beau Dick (James Rennie) wants to get married. Along for fun is Charles Butterworth as George, Dick's sidekick. He tells the couple that they have been discovered, and totters off, for more drinks... Ricardo Cortez is also here as the ex-boyfriend Baines to stir things up; Stanwyck and Cortez had worked together on three films together in the 1930s. Look for a 25 year old Joan Blondell as Helen Childers, Anne's friend, in one of her early roles. Will things stay the same if they get married? That's the big question. Kind of a statement of the times, and even more so in a couple years when the production code will keep everything on the up and up, even when they aren't. This was Darryl Zanuck's 12th film as producer. Towards the middle of the version shown on Turner Classics, there are scratches or wear marks on the right side of the screen, not surprising for such an old film. Interesting to watch, but no big surprises.

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