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Hold Your Man (1933)

APPROVED 87 min  -  Drama | Romance  -   7 July 1933 (USA)
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Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

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Anita Loos (screenplay), Anita Loos (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jean Harlow ...
Ruby Adams
Clark Gable ...
Eddie Hall
Stuart Erwin ...
Al Simpson
Dorothy Burgess Dorothy Burgess ...
Gypsy Angecon
Muriel Kirkland Muriel Kirkland ...
Bertha Dillion
Garry Owen Garry Owen ...
Slim
Barbara Barondess Barbara Barondess ...
Sadie Cline
Elizabeth Patterson Elizabeth Patterson ...
Miss Tuttle
Inez Courtney ...
Mazie (reformatory inmate)
Blanche Friderici Blanche Friderici ...
Mrs. Wagner
Helen Shipman Helen Shipman ...
Miss Davis
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Guy Kibbee Guy Kibbee ...
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Storyline

Eddie Hall and his partner Slim are a pair of nickel-and-dime con men on the hustle. Nearly caught by the police, Eddie ducks into Ruby Adams's apartment and convinces her to hide him. Ruby isn't averse to taking advantage of the gullible herself and has even tried to manipulate money out of Al, the square shooter from Cincinnati who adores her. Ruby and Eddie hit it off, but when Eddie accidentally kills a drunk who was pawing Ruby, he takes off and she ends up in a women's reformatory, where she discovers she is pregnant. Devastated at the thought that Eddie has deserted her, she doesn't realize that Eddie has undergone a great change--one that will have a powerful impact on her. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>  

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Dans ses bras See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$260,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Third of five movie pairings of Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. See more »

Quotes

Gypsy: Just two weeks ago, he (Eddie) sent me ten bucks for Christmas. I bet that's a bit of news to certain somebody.
Ruby: He was tossin' ten-dollar bills to ALL the tramps at Christmas!
Gypsy: Did you get yours?
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Connections

Featured in Kansas City (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

"Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?"
Music by Ernest Ball
Lyrics by James J. Walker (1905)
Played by an organ grinder See more »