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Writers:
John Meehan (writer)
Ursula Parrott (novel)
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Release Date:
4 April 1931 (USA) more
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Lisbeth is a modern woman who thinks that marriage is old fashioned. She has two men in her life; Steve... more | add synopsis
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'30s melodrama more (11 total)

Cast

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Norma Shearer ... Lisbeth Corbin

Robert Montgomery ... Steve
Neil Hamilton ... Alan Harlow
Marjorie Rambeau ... Geneva Sterling
Irene Rich ... Celia Corbin
Hale Hamilton ... Andrew Corbin
Conchita Montenegro ... Spanish Dancer
Jed Prouty ... Harry Evans
Albert Conti ... Count De Bazan
Henry Armetta ... Crying Waiter
George Davis ... Hotel Waiter
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Robert Livingston ... Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
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81 min
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1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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Lisbeth Corbin: I'm in an orgy, wallowing, and I love it. more
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13 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
'30s melodrama, 10 August 2005
6/10
Author: blanche-2 from United States

This is a precode movie starring Norma Shearer, who looks gorgeous in all the gowns (and is that the way people dressed for a football game in the '30s?). Shearer plays a free spirit who doesn't believe in marriage and instead cavorts and travels with a reporter. Of course, she's kidding herself, and she wanted the wedding ring all along - when he announces he's been married the whole time and then breaks up with her, she takes up with every man she meets. This is never actually stated, which makes it kind of fun. Robert Montgomery says, "Boy, what I heard about you in Paris." Shearer: "You didn't believe it, did you?" Montgomery: "Not the first 6 or 700 times." Montgomery easily steals the movie as her funny, charming, ever-drunk good friend. It's the best role and holds up today. The other roles don't - the story is too melodramatic, acted in an old-fashioned, hand on the forehead style that dates it.

Added to that, the reporter character of Alan, played by Neil Hamilton, is despicable, making the film a frustrating experience for the viewer.

As an artifact and for the clothes and sets, you can't beat it, though.

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