Daring Daughters (1933)

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Director:

Christy Cabanne

Writers:

Sam Mintz (story)
Barry Barringer (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 March 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life. |

Plot Keywords:

Big City | Doorman | Neighbor | Seduction | Boss

Cast

Marian Marsh	...	Terry Cummings
Kenneth Thomson	...	Alan Preston
Joan Marsh	...	Betty Cummings
Bert Roach	...	Joby Johnson
Allen Vincent	...	Edgar Barrett
Lita Chevret	...	Gwen Moore
Richard Tucker	...	Lawton
Arthur Hoyt	...	Hubbard
Florence Roberts	...	Ginger Hemingway, the Grandmother
Bryant Washburn Jr.	...	Roy Andrews
Charlotte Merriam	...	Helen Delk

Also Known As:

Behind the Counter (UK)
City Virgin (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

63 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Tower Productions

Trivia:

Marian Marsh and Joan Marsh, despite sharing the same last name and playing sisters in this film, are not related in real life.

Forerunner of "Marked Woman"

I enjoyed this early talkie about a streetwise gold digger living in New York who tries to protect her younger sister (from the country) against the vice and men of the big city. Sound like Bette Davis's "Marked Woman"? Sort of! Low-budget, but really doesn't look it. Marian Marsh is good as the leading lady. Bert Roach has a comical role as a constantly tipsy rich man and Florence Roberts (Mother Peep in "March of the Wooden Soldiers") has a tipsy scene of her own. The film only runs about an hour and is obviously a harmless attempt to show 1930's moral issues. "Daring Daughters" is not as mean or as hard hitting as "Marked Woman" (it wasn't meant to be), but it is still an enjoyable diversion.