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Lorry and Minnie are ex-hookers who leave prison, determined to find the good life with rich men. Along the way Lorry meets and falls in love with cotton barge owner Dan. She must choose between living on a barge with her love, risking his learning about her past, and remaining the mistress of wealthy Stephen Paige. Written by
Robert Tonsing <rtonsing@ti.com>
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The girl who took a shortcut down the primrose path!
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Minnie:
Hold this. I gotta go find a pirate.
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Soundtracks
"You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline"
(1903) (uncredited)
Music by
Harry Armstrong
Lyric by
Richard H. Gerard
Sung a cappella and offscreen by
Matt McHugh and
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... the scene in the second half of the film in which most of the principals attend a costume ball. Connie Bennett and Pert Kelton both appear in fancy dress, in masks, with cordial smiles on their faces and the main chance in their hearts. It's a delicious moment that sums up the whole movie: the way life is about role-playing, the way it delights us and defeats us. Playing the game is the point, according to our preceptor LaCava, and here everyone plays it most engagingly.
Cheers also for the scene where Bennett visits McCrea one morning on his scow, and watches him shave. No doe-eyed innocents here: he knows the score, so does she, and we, of course, can read between the lines.