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11 August 1934 (USA)
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Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client...
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Judge
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Infidelity
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Romantic Rivalry
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Divorce
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Bette Davis as the other woman in this otherwise routine domestic melodrama.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| George Brent | ... | William Reynolds | |
| Bette Davis | ... | Patricia Berkeley | |
| Ann Dvorak | ... | Nan Reynolds | |
| John Halliday | ... | Paul Duprey | |
| Ruth Donnelly | ... | Dora Wilson | |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | George Wilson | |
| Robert Barrat | ... | Sam Blake | |
| Joseph Cawthorn | ... | Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne) | |
| Phil Regan | ... | Radio Singer | |
| Willard Robertson | ... | Judge | |
| Ronnie Cosby | ... | Buddy Reynolds | |
| Leila Bennett | ... | Jenny | |
| Harry Tyler | ... | Mr. Simmons | |
| Charles Coleman | ... | Bolton |
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69 min
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USA:Approved (PCA #57) |
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Both Lee Phelps (Court Clerk) and Lester Dorr (Chauffeur) are in studio records/casting call lists for their roles, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
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Patricia 'Pat' Berkeley:
Well, I've done alright. I suddenly found out I had some brains and decided to use them.
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Referenced in Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983) (TV)
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O sole mio
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Until Bette Davis makes a play for George Brent, this film drags badly. Even then, there's little zip in the screenplay although it does become more interesting. Davis had a crush on Brent in high school but left for New York once he married Ann Dvorak, and now is hired as the chief advertising copywriter at the unheard of salary of $25,000 per year by the advertising firm where Brent works. (Brent earns $2,100 a year as office manager.) When Brent quits at the urging of Dvorak and starts his own firm, Davis is lured back to work for him and the trouble starts. This was the type of role Davis could eat up if it were in the hands of more capable screenwriters and the mores of the 30's permitted it. Then it might have been called "Homewrecker," with the emphasis on Davis rather than Dvorak. Still, it's fun to watch the stars and is a good example of an early Bette Davis film.