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Overview

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4.9/10   154 votes
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Director:
Harry Beaumont
Writers:
Edith Fitzgerald (additional dialogue)
Martin Flavin (dialogue)
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Release Date:
30 May 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Cafe entertainer Ivy Stevens falls for sleazy salesman Howard Palmer and jumps from a bridge when he dumps her... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Temptation / Salvation more

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
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Most of the film was shot with Johnny Mack Brown in the role of Carl when it was decided to drop this footage and reshoot it with Clark Gable. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Fast Workers (1933) more
Soundtrack:
What Can I Do - I Love That Man more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Temptation / Salvation, 6 June 2004
10/10
Author: paul de boef from The Netherlands

"Laughing sinners" was a pleasant surprise to me. I never knew what a good actress Joan Crawford was until I saw this film. I saw her rather exaggerating performance in "Grand Hotel", and a better performance in 1931's "Possessed", but here she is totally convincing and real. There are moments of great beauty, especially the scenes between Crawford and Clark Gable, moments when the film shows a timeless quality. Gable and Crawford are completely believable as the Salvation Army officers : sincere, vulnerable and intense. Clark Gable in a very unusual role - wise, calm, sensitive and understanding - It makes him powerful in a subtle way. Neil Hamilton is terrific especially in the scene - a very long uninterrupted take ! - when he tries to persuade and seduce Joan Crawford - for a night of bliss. Can he offer her salvation ?

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