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Director:
Writers:
Harriet Henry (novel)
Horace Jackson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 February 1932 (USA) more
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Plot:
A wealthy, proper society girl finds that she's much more popular with men when she pretends to be a "bad" girl. | add synopsis
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Gorgeous Constance Bennett, Breezy Ben Lyon more (4 total)

Cast

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Constance Bennett ... Venice Muir
Ben Lyon ... Guy Bryson
David Manners ... Donnie Wainwright
Don Alvarado ... Carlos Santiagos
Albert Conti ... Rene - Viscomte de la Thernardier
Merna Kennedy ... Ann Duryea
Astrid Allwyn ... Lola Goadby
Don Dillaway ... Jerry
Blanche Friderici ... Nora (as Blanche Frederici)
John Roche ... Carl Howe
Cornelius Keefe ... Spaulding
Nella Walker ... Aunt Emma
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Reputation
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Runtime:
80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

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Soundtrack:
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Gorgeous Constance Bennett, Breezy Ben Lyon, 4 July 2008
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Author: drednm

What a surprising delight this film is. Constance Bennett plays a rich wallflower who just can't get the guys in her set interested. She's also has a crush on boozy and shallow David Manners. One night when he is drunk he asks her to marry him and meet him on a boat to Europe the next morning. Of course he sobers up, and she ends up going alone.

In Paris Bennett meets a charming and broke guy (Ben Lyon)whom she hires as her "gigolo" so that he can show her around and meet people. Lyon hits on the idea of making up stories about her "past" so that men will be interested. They get along great and their plan is wildly successful until a surprising event occurs.

Bennett is quite good underplaying her sympathetic role. Lyon is terrific as the cynical but honest guy. Manners is also good as the callous boozer. Cast also includes Nella Walker, Albert Conti, Astrid Allwyn, Don Alvarado, Blanche Frederici, Bruce Cabot, and Merna Kennedy.

The ending is quite a surprise.

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