The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Maurine Dallas Watkins (play)
Erwin S. Gelsey (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

28 May 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

False Accusation | Reporter | License Plate | Ohio | Illegitimate Daughter

Cast

Ann Dvorak	...	Madeleine Maude 'Molly' Louvain
Lee Tracy	...	Scott 'Scotty' Cornell
Richard Cromwell	...	James 'Jimmy' Cook
Guy Kibbee	...	Pop, a Policeman
Leslie Fenton	...	Mr. Nick 'Nicky' Grant
Frank McHugh	...	Skeets, a Reporter
Evalyn Knapp	...	Doris
Charles Middleton	...	Police Captain Slade
Mary Doran	...	Dance Hall Girl
Thomas E. Jackson	...	Police Sergeant (as Thomas Jackson)
C. Henry Gordon	...	Detective Martin

Also Known As:

Molly Louvain
The Tinsel Lady (USA) (working title)
Tinsel Girl (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

First National Pictures

Trivia:

Willard Robertson is in studio records in the role of Sergeant Murdock, but he was not seen in the movie.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Mother Machree

Definitely 3*** in my book

Curtiz' slick, odd, interesting little flick. Ann Dvorak is a small-town go-getter. Her boyfriend deserts her. She hooks up with a worthless, hustling traveling salesman and has a daughter by the boyfriend who dropped her. She tries to drop the salesman and gets involved in a murder imbroglio, but gets off with the help of fast-talking newspaper reporter Lee Tracy. Fast paced and acted in Warner's best style