Sinners in the Sun (1932)

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

Director:

Alexander Hall

Writers:

Mildred Cram (novel), Samuel Hoffenstein,

Stars:

Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Adrienne Ames

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carole Lombard	...	Doris Blake
Chester Morris	...	Jimmie Martin
Adrienne Ames	...	Claire Kinkaid
Alison Skipworth	...	Mrs. Blake
Walter Byron	...	Eric Nelson
Reginald Barlow	...	Mr. Blake
Zita Moulton	...	Florence Nelson
Cary Grant	...	Ridgeway
Luke Cosgrave	...	Grandfather Blake
Ida Lewis	...	Grandmother Blake
Russ Clark	...	Fred Blake
Frances Moffett	...	Mrs. Fred Blake
Pierre de Ramey	...	Louis
Veda Buckland	...	Emma
Rita La Roy	...	Lil

Storyline

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

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Plot Keywords:

model | new york | public domain | based on novel

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 1932 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Beachcomber

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

User Reviews

Screwing the Eye

What's interesting about these projects is the collage.

The story is simple: two young lovers. She refuses to marry him because he is poor. They break up and each become coupled with someone wealthy. They discover love is what matters so they reconcile.

Its boring and predictable. The thrill is supposed to be in watching their debauched fun while rich. The cinematic device is the collage. We see a series of images, first of her and later of him. Images of partying, laughing, drinking. We are meant to infer wild sex, gluttony, but the collage is tame.

That's because the technique within the collage is the swirl. Compared to the rest of the movie, indeed all movies of the era this collage was supposed have much shorter segments, more focused and abstract, whooshing by with lots of swirls in between.

I'll bet it worked in its day. I'm sure it did. But today this brisk skating of images is the norm.

Its a disturbing realization. Its not just the notation that's changed, is it? Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.