Play-Girl (1932)

Director:

Ray Enright

Writers:

Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (story), Maurine Dallas Watkins (screenplay),

Stars:

Winnie Lightner, Loretta Young, Norman Foster

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Winnie Lightner	...	Georgine Hicks
Loretta Young	...	Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis
Norman Foster	...	Wallace 'Wally' Dennis
Guy Kibbee	...	'Finky' Finkelwald
Dorothy Burgess	...	Edna
Noel Madison	...	Martie Happ
James Ellison	...	Elmer
Edward Van Sloan	...	Moffatt, the Boss
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sheila Bromley	...	Wedding Girl (scenes deleted)
Betty Farrington	...	Mrs. Braddock (scenes deleted)
Ralf Harolde	...	Willie (scenes deleted)
Nat Pendleton	...	Dance Hall Plumber (scenes deleted)
Harold Waldridge	...	Messenger (scenes deleted)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

canada | marital separation | gambling | honeymoon | hospital | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 1932 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love on a Budget

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of James Ellison.

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Goofs

During a phone conversation, Loretta Young (Buster) accepts a date to go to "the dance" with Elmer(James Ellison). Walter( Norman Foster) was the intended date for Buster's roommate, Edna. Later, at the dance party, Buster is seen only with Wally, though Elmer is in the background dancing with another woman. There is no interaction between Buster and Elmer to explain their separation.

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Soundtracks

"The Wedding March"
(1843) (uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Played briefly when the passport is shown

User Reviews

Very early Loretta Young film about the impact gambling has on a young couple...

Very early Loretta Young film: she's not even top billed. Winnie Lightner is - an interesting younger character actress. But it really is Loretta's movie. The plot involves Loretta's character falling in love with a gambler

• and the complications which arise. Norman Foster plays the gambler:

ironically, he married Miss Young's sister (Sally Blane) in 1937 - after being divorced from Claudette Colbert. Most memorable scenes in this movie are set in a department store circa 1932.

Movie is also notable as (apparently) the first movie of a very young James Ellison. Neither the title "Play Girl" or the alternate title "Love on a Budget" really describe this film. Entertaining melodrama from the early days of sound.