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Writers:
Dorothy Howell (continuity)
John Meehan (play)
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Release Date:
7 August 1931 (USA) more
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After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith... more | add synopsis
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Just great...and still topical more (21 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Florence 'Faith' Fallon |
 | David Manners | ... | John Carson |
| Sam Hardy | ... | Bob Hornsby |
| Beryl Mercer | ... | Mrs. Higgins |
| Russell Hopton | ... | Bill Welford |
| Charles Middleton | ... | Simpson |
| Eddie Boland | ... | Collins |
| Thelma Hill | ... | Gussie |
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90 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric System)
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In a pure "pre-code" moment, we see sister Fallon's chauffeur, Lou, give Horsby "the finger" (out of Horsby's sight) immediately after Horsby warns him about what he must do to keep his job. This scene surely would have been nixed by the Hays Office had the movie been made after 1934. more
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[In the Temple of Happiness.]
Florence:
Outside the pulse of the world beats with hate! Hate! But here with you there is a heartbeat of love!
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Featured in Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) (TV) more
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Barbra Stanwyck plays a phony evangelist named Florence 'Faith' Fallon. She's sick of preaching the Gospel and "curing" supposedly ill people (they're workers for her), but her unscrupulous boss (Sam Hardy) convinces her to keep on doing it. Then she meets a kind, blind man (David Manners) and falls in love. He loves her too and wants to be with her. But her manager won't let her go....
Still strong drama was (surprisingly) a bomb in its day. It's now considered one of the best movies of the 1930s. Stanwyck is just superb--you feel her pain over lying to people for money and her love for Manners. Even Manners (usually pretty bad) is very good. He's tall, very handsome and totally believable. You're really rooting for him and Stanwyck.
Sadly, this film is still very up to the minute. There are plenty of fake evangelists still at work taking money from good, religious people. It's kind of sad that a movie over 70 years old still mirrors problems that we have today.
Well worth seeing--maybe Manners best performance.