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Ex-Lady (1933)
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15 May 1933 (USA)
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So frank . . so outspoken... so true... more
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Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. She lives with advertising writer Don Peterson...
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Woman's lib before its time.
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(Complete credited cast)| Bette Davis | ... | Helen Bauer | |
| Gene Raymond | ... | Don Peterson | |
| Frank McHugh | ... | Hugo Van Hugh | |
| Monroe Owsley | ... | Nick Malvyn | |
| Claire Dodd | ... | Iris Van Hugh | |
| Kay Strozzi | ... | Peggy Smith | |
| Ferdinand Gottschalk | ... | Mr. Herbert Smith | |
| Alphonse Ethier | ... | Mr. Adolphe Bauer, Helen's Father | |
| Bodil Rosing | ... | Helen's Mother |
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67 min
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Edith Fitzgerald's and Robert Riskin's story was actually an unproduced play copyrighted 1 July 1930.
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Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)
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Untitled
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Bette Davis portrays a woman that does not want to sacrifice her career for a man.She's a very modern woman for the time and the conclusion is rather daring :a couple is not ideally the best thing but for lack of anything better.In "Jules et Jim" ,thirty years later ,François Truffault would say the same.
As for the film itself,it's a big bore.There's nothing really witty or funny in the endless dialog between Davis and her husband .I almost fell asleep while watching it.Bette Davis is a superior actress,but she needs worthy material to work with.One wonders why someone would choose this,among all her great parts.