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Director:
Archie Mayo
Writers:
Louis Bromfield (novel)
Vincent Lawrence (writer)
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Release Date:
30 October 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
MISS JELLYMAN (Alison Skipworth) - All her life she longed for happiness - and found it teaching a gangster how to be a gentleman! (original lobby card 5) more
Plot:
A successful ex-boxer buys a high-class speakeasy and falls for a rich society girl, who doesn't know about his past. Complications ensue when some ex-girlfriends from his boxing days show up. | add synopsis
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Under-rated package of rare delights! more (9 total)

Cast

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George Raft ... Joe Anton
Constance Cummings ... Miss Jerry Healy
Wynne Gibson ... Iris Dawn

Mae West ... Maudie Triplett
Alison Skipworth ... Miss Mabel Jellyman
Roscoe Karns ... Leo
Louis Calhern ... Dick Bolton
Bradley Page ... Frankie Guard
Al Hill ... Blainey
Harry Wallace ... Jerky
George Templeton ... Patsy (as Dink Templeton)
Marty Martyn ... Malloy
Tom Kennedy ... Tom (the bartender)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
73 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Feature film debut of Mae West. George Raft (Joe Anton) also appeared with her in her final film, Sextette (1978). more
Quotes:
Joe Anton: 'Keep off the grass' is written all over her. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV) more

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20 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Under-rated package of rare delights!, 11 June 2000
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Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

I was expecting a lousy film whose only value was as the debut film of Mae West - I mean Leonard calls it a "crashing bore"! But what I got was a delightful film, excellently acted by all, with a profound theme and great dialogue. It is a film about dissatisfaction - all the characters are unhappy with their lot and desperately grasping for change. George Raft, the slick gangster, wants an education and true love. Constance Cummings also wants true love, although she thinks she wants security. And Alison Skipworth wants the wild life instead of school teacher drudgery. Only Mae West seems happy with her place as a man-devouring cosmetician.

This film is not a comedy - although it has many hilarious scenes (wait until you see West and Skipworth in bed together!). It is a frank and insightful drama, very risque and dangerously sexual. George Raft is unusually sensitive, Constance Cummings outstanding and Alison Skipworth dazzling. The supporting cast is also fine - led by the incomparable Mae West. A rare treat from the early 1930's.

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