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6.7/10   102 votes
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Writers:
Faith Baldwin (novel)
Eve Greene (writer)
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Release Date:
1 September 1933 (USA) more
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Tagline:
WHICH TYPE OF GIRL DO MEN MARRY? (original herald - all caps) more
Plot:
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs. | add synopsis
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Sophisticated comedy-drama with bite... more (8 total)

Cast

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Madge Evans ... Letty Lawson
Alice Brady ... Mrs. Henrietta Sherwood

Otto Kruger ... Mr. Sherwood
Una Merkel ... Carol Merrick
May Robson ... Mrs. Merrick
Phillips Holmes ... Burt Barton
Edward J. Nugent ... Bill Merrick (as Eddie Nugent)
Hedda Hopper ... Madame Sonia Barton
Florine McKinney ... Jane
Isabel Jewell ... Hortense (as Isobel Jewell)
Louise Carter ... Mrs. Lawson
John Roche ... Robert Abbott
Charley Grapewin ... Freddy Gordon (as Charles Grapewin)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beauty
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Runtime:
87 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[Overheard talking to another salon patron while walking through the salon]
Older Patron of Madame Sonia's Salon: You can't tell me she has to sit on my husband's lap to take dictation!
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Sophisticated comedy-drama with bite..., 21 January 2008
6/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Another delectable sweet-and-sour pre-Code entry of the early 1930s, nimbly skirting the edges of that era's morality with prodding grown-up material, satirizing the comedic and dramatic possibilities therein. Story concerns three gals who work in a New York City beauty parlor: one is dating a married man, another is pregnant by a no-goodnik, and the third spends her nights with a rich sugar daddy. Society cattiness at its most cynical; colorful performances by Madge Evans, Una Merkel and Alice Brady adds to the fun. Director Richard Boleslawski allows the bracing narrative to degenerate once or twice into slapstick, but if you can overlook that there's a great deal of sharp, salty wit here. Fine supporting turns by Otto Kruger, Hedda Hopper and May Robson. **1/2 from ****

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