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Laughing Sinners (1931)Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army. Director:Harry Beaumont |
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Title: Laughing Sinners (1931)
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Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
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| Neil Hamilton | ... |
Howard 'Howdy' Palmer
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Carl Loomis
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Marjorie Rambeau | ... |
Ruby
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Guy Kibbee | ... |
Cass Wheeler
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Mike
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Fred Geer
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Gertrude Short | ... |
Edna
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George Cooper | ... |
Joe
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George F. Marion | ... |
Humpty
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Bert Woodruff | ... |
Tink
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Cafe entertainer Ivy Stevens falls for sleazy salesman Howard Palmer and jumps from a bridge when he dumps her. Saved by Salvation Army officer Carl, Ivy reforms and joins the Army. When she runs into Palmer she falls for him all over again. Carl beats up Palmer and gives a speech to Ivy which induces her to return to the Army and to Carl. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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salesman | salvation army | traveling salesman | cabaret | dear jane letter |Certificate:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
30 May 1931 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Complete Surrender See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USABox Office
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$338,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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[He turns to go but stops]
Carl Loomis: I guess you know where I'll be if you want me.
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Marjorie Rambeau, who played one of Crawford's fellow showgirls would play Crawford's mother 22 years later and receive an Oscar nomination for her role in a musical film called "Torch Song," ironically, the title of the original story "Laughing Sinners" is based on. See more »Quotes
Carl Loomis: [to Ivy] If you love him, and you want to go back to him, I'm not the one to set myself up as a guide. I just want you to be happy - whatever you do - but if you're going back because of what you've done, you don't need to, Ivy. We all stumble. All we can do is pick ourselves up again and go on and on and on until we find ourselves through our own mistakes. It won't make any difference to me, Ivy. I want you to know that...[He turns to go but stops]
Carl Loomis: I guess you know where I'll be if you want me.
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I have never seen this film up until recently and was amazed at the great talent of Joan Crawford(Ivy "Bunny" Stevens) "Humoresque" '46 with John Garfield. Joan was very sexy and wore very revealing clothes for the early 1930's, her dancing and singing was unbelievable and she was so very pretty, slim and trim, not like the real "Mommie Dearest" character her daughter told us about. Clark Gable (Carl Loomis),"Gone With the Wind"'39 was Ivy's prince charming as a Salvation Army convert and when she appears in the park with her beautiful white dress, you just knew there was going to be an immediate CONVERSION OF SOULS! Veteran actor, Roscoe Karns, (Gred Geer) played a great supporting role. This film is filled with surprises, even a little African American Boy stealing a bite from a girls doughnut tore me up, there is many deep soul searching messages in this film and LOTS OF LAUGHTER and one attempted jump off a bridge. ENJOY!