No More Ladies (1935)

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.

Director:

Edward H. Griffith

Writers:

Donald Ogden Stewart (screen play), Horace Jackson (screen play),

Stars:

Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Charles Ruggles

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Joan Crawford	...	Marcia
Robert Montgomery	...	Sherry
Charles Ruggles	...	Edgar (as Charlie Ruggles)
Franchot Tone	...	Jim
Edna May Oliver	...	Fanny
Gail Patrick	...	Theresa
Reginald Denny	...	Oliver
Vivienne Osborne	...	Lady Diana Knowleton
Joan Fontaine	...	Caroline (as Joan Burfield)
Arthur Treacher	...	Lord Knowleton
David S. Horsley	...	Duffy (as David Horsley)
Jean Chatburn	...	Sally
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
E.J. Babille	...	Desk Clerk (as E.J. Babiel)

Storyline

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.

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Plot Keywords:

playboy | manhattan new york city | marriage proposal | grandmother | grand central station manhattan new york city | 

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Taglines:

Edmund Lowe - Victor McLaglen - the roughest, toughest mugs that ever swung crowbars at each other in "NO MORE WOMEN"

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 1935 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adeus Mulheres

Box Office

Budget:

$765,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 23 January 1934 and had 176 performances. In the cast were Melvyn Douglas and Lucile Watson.

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Quotes

Edgar Holden: You know, my grandmother always told me to take a nap before dinner in order to conserve my vitality for the serious drinking of the evening.

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Connections

Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)

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Soundtracks

"All I Do Is Dream Of You"
(1934) (uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Played on banjo by Arthur Treacher and
Sung by Gail Patrick at the party

User Reviews

lifestyles of the rich and unfaithful

Broadway must have had dozens of these drawing room comedies featuring rich, well-dressed people speaking snappily to one another. I say "must have" because Hollywood seems to have adapted all of them. "No More Ladies" is yet another one, and for my money, it's pretty routine. Joan Crawford is a rich girl in love with a cad, played by Robert Montgomery. They marry and he's still a cad. In fact, instead of going to their country house one weekend, he delays his trip and has a dalliance with a woman named Therese. He admits this when he finally shows up in the country. He has little choice when he learns that his alibi, Charlie Ruggles, is actually at the country home. In retaliation, Crawford invites an old beau and a couple of ex-girlfriends to a huge party.

The dialogue is witty, the clothes are glamorous, the apartment and house are sumptuous, and the performances are very good. Montgomery was always perfect in these roles, and Crawford is attractive and spars with Montgomery well. Edna Mae Oliver is superb as always. Charles Ruggles plays a somewhat annoying drunk. Gail Patrick, who became Gail Patrick Jackson and produced "Perry Mason," having married Erle Stanley Gardner's agent, does very well as the pretty other woman.

This is one of those films where one asks, so why wasn't I crazy about it? The only reason is that there was a sameness about it and nothing really to differentiate it - including the cast - from all the other light, romantic comedies. It's no wonder that Robert Montgomery fought so hard to make "Night Must Fall." He was incredibly bored with these roles. It's understandable.