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The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) -- Sophisticated comedy: a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury...

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Director:
Lowell Sherman
Writers:
Zoe Akins (play)
Sidney Howard (adaptation)
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Release Date:
13 February 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
THE MEN THEY "TOOK" CALLED THEM..."Gold-Diggers! - "Loreleis!" - "Man-Hunters!" - Adventuresses!" more
Plot:
Sophisticated comedy: a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Hard-boiled Pre-Code Comedy more

Cast

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Joan Blondell ... Schatzi
Madge Evans ... Polaire
Ina Claire ... Jean Lawrence
David Manners ... Dey Emery
Lowell Sherman ... Boris Feldman
Phillips Smalley ... Justin Emery
Sidney Bracey ... The Waiter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Greeks Had a Word for It (USA) (working title)
Three Broadway Girls (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
79 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
Adapted from a Broadway play by Zoe Akins, "The Greeks Had a Word for It". Since it dealt with a group of modern-day courtesans, the title was on the Hays Office banned list. Therefore, the last word in the title was changed to "Them". more
Quotes:
Jean Lawrence: A speakeasy that closes at two o'clock is practically a tea room! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) more

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22 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Hard-boiled Pre-Code Comedy, 2 May 2000
Author: tjimba from San Jose CA

Very modern comedy about gold-digging dames. Polaire is the sensitive one, Schatzi the nice one, and Jean is a complete bitch who screws her friends and their sugardaddies at every turn. Lots of teasing shots of girls in their slips, including a strip-search. Cut-throat jazz age immorality, lots of fun.

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