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5.4/10   139 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Edith Fitzgerald (additional dialogue)
Martin Flavin (dialogue)
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Release Date:
30 May 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Cafe entertainer Ivy Stevens falls for sleazy salesman Howard Palmer and jumps from a bridge when he dumps her... more | add synopsis
User Reviews:
Crawford, Gable, and Screen Chemistry more (16 total)

Cast

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Joan Crawford ... Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
Neil Hamilton ... Howard 'Howdy' Palmer

Clark Gable ... Carl Loomis
Marjorie Rambeau ... Ruby
Guy Kibbee ... Cass Wheeler
Cliff Edwards ... Mike
Roscoe Karns ... Fred Geer
Gertrude Short ... Edna
George Cooper ... Joe (hotel desk clerk)
George F. Marion ... Humpty (cabaret owner)
Bert Woodruff ... Tink (hotel worker)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Complete Surrender (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
72 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Kenyon Nicholson's play, "Torch Song," opened on 27 August 1930 on Broadway in New York City. Guy Kibbee originated the role of Cass Wheeler in that production. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Fast Workers (1933) more
Soundtrack:
Onward Christian Soldiers more

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16 out of 19 people found the following review useful.
Crawford, Gable, and Screen Chemistry, 9 March 2005
5/10
Author: nycritic

One of those movies about fallen women who reform that were common in pre-Code Hollywood, LAUGHING SINNERS, also known as COMPLETE SURRENDER, comes less as a movie of quality as standard fare that features the two leads, Crawford and Gable -- she already a star, he a rising actor -- coming together and making early music to the viewer's eyes. Before Hepburn and Tracy, these were the ones the public wanted to see together even if the movie in itself was less than memorable, and MGM gave it to them 8 times.

Also a feature where one can get to see Crawford dance, sing, and indirectly, essay what would become a breakout role in RAIN only a year later.

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