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25 October 1932 (USA)
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Yesterday A Lady With A Past. Today The Wife Of The Man She Loved! more
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A relationship gradually develops between a savvy New York street girl and a good-hearted cab driver--who first meet when she stiffs him for the fare--but other matters keep getting in their way, including financial problems and a murder. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Carole Lombard | ... | Mae | |
| Pat O'Brien | ... | Jimmy Doyle | |
| Ward Bond | ... | Frank | |
| Shirley Grey | ... | Gert Hanlon | |
| Mayo Methot | ... | Lil Blair | |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Toots O'Neil | |
| Willard Robertson | ... | Detective MacKenzie | |
| Lew Kelly | ... | Magistrate (scenes deleted) | |
| Fred Santley | ... | Hank (scenes deleted) | |
| Arthur Wanzer | ... | Flanagan | |
| Jessie Arnold | ... | Landlady | |
| Edwin Stanley | ... | District Attorney |
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68 min
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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USA:TV-PG (TV rating)
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Edward LeSaint' in the role as "Magistrate" is in studio records/casting call lists as a cast member, but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie. The role of "Magistrate" was credited onscreen to Lew Kelly, but he also did not appear. And neither did Fred Santley, credited onscreen as "Hank."
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Flanagan: [at the ticket window at a train station] Pretty soft for you, sister, getting the city to pay your fare to Danbury.
Mae: Pretty soft for the city I don't live in Australia. C'mon, grandpa.
Flanagan: [on the train, placing Mae's luggage on the rack] There y'are.
[to the conductor]
Flanagan: The lady goes to Danbury, chief.
[to Mae]
Flanagan: Now take my advice, sister, and keep out of New York.
Mae: [snidely] OK, grandpa. I'll remember all your advice: I'll watch my diet, go to the dentist twice a year, keep my nose clean, and pray for you every night - to break a couple of legs.
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Flanagan: [at the ticket window at a train station] Pretty soft for you, sister, getting the city to pay your fare to Danbury.
Mae: Pretty soft for the city I don't live in Australia. C'mon, grandpa.
Flanagan: [on the train, placing Mae's luggage on the rack] There y'are.
[to the conductor]
Flanagan: The lady goes to Danbury, chief.
[to Mae]
Flanagan: Now take my advice, sister, and keep out of New York.
Mae: [snidely] OK, grandpa. I'll remember all your advice: I'll watch my diet, go to the dentist twice a year, keep my nose clean, and pray for you every night - to break a couple of legs.
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My Gal Sal
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Virtue (1932)
*** (out of 4)
Pat O'Brien plays a soft hearted taxi driver who thinks he knows all there is to know about women but that changes when he meets a prostitute (Carole Lombard). At first he doesn't know her history but that changes after they're married and soon after more problems start popping up. This is a pretty good little drama that manages to have several good performances and a nice story to go along with it. Lombard is very sexy in her role and delivers a fine, tough performance but it's actually O'Brien who steals the show in what could be the best performance I've seen from him. He plays a complete jerk throughout the entire movie but when it comes time for that good heart to show he mixes the two perfectly. The film goes through some standard stuff including a murder subplot but in the end this moves along very fast and makes for a good time killer.