I watched this film out of curiosity after reading good reviews about it, since its restoration. The great "discovery" for me was the pleasant leading man Phillips Holmes as sailor Dan, who passed away young during Second World War. He starts as a singing sailor and ends up resembling Flash Gordon! This is the second movie I see with Helen Twelvetrees, and this time I was a bit intrigued because she seemed to be acting in a comedy. Both actors have all their best scenes together, and it is really a pleasure to watch them in their early 20s, interacting in a very tender, romantic moment by the beach.
The pair of comics (James Gleason and Harry Sweet) almost spoiled the movie for me, with their long routines with a hat and a slot machine, but Ricardo Cortez brings the needed balance with his usual suave mean guy, while Marjorie Rambeau spends almost all the movie drinking gin and has little to do until the last 10 minutes of the action.
It is not great, but it works as an easy-to-take version of the often filmed story of a prostitute's redemption, with two endearing young players.
The pair of comics (James Gleason and Harry Sweet) almost spoiled the movie for me, with their long routines with a hat and a slot machine, but Ricardo Cortez brings the needed balance with his usual suave mean guy, while Marjorie Rambeau spends almost all the movie drinking gin and has little to do until the last 10 minutes of the action.
It is not great, but it works as an easy-to-take version of the often filmed story of a prostitute's redemption, with two endearing young players.