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Laughing Sinners

  • 19311931
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 12m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Joan Crawford in Laughing Sinners (1931)
DramaRomance
Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
764
YOUR RATING
    • Harry Beaumont
    • Kenyon Nicholson(play "Torch Song")
    • Edith Fitzgerald(additional dialogue)
    • Martin Flavin(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Clark Gable
    • Neil Hamilton
    • Harry Beaumont
    • Kenyon Nicholson(play "Torch Song")
    • Edith Fitzgerald(additional dialogue)
    • Martin Flavin(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Clark Gable
    • Neil Hamilton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 32User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Neil Hamilton in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Neil Hamilton in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Joan Crawford in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Neil Hamilton in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Joan Crawford and Neil Hamilton in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Neil Hamilton in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Neil Hamilton in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Joan Crawford and Neil Hamilton in Laughing Sinners (1931)
    Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Laughing Sinners (1931)

    Top cast

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    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Ivy Stevens
    Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    • Carl Loomis
    Neil Hamilton
    Neil Hamilton
    • Howard 'Howdy' Palmer
    Marjorie Rambeau
    Marjorie Rambeau
    • Ruby
    Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    • Cass Wheeler
    Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards
    • Mike
    Roscoe Karns
    Roscoe Karns
    • Fred Geer
    Gertrude Short
    Gertrude Short
    • Edna
    George Cooper
    George Cooper
    • Joe
    George F. Marion
    George F. Marion
    • Humpty
    Bert Woodruff
    Bert Woodruff
    • Tink
    Henry Armetta
    Henry Armetta
    • Tony
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Baxley
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Clara Blandick
    Clara Blandick
    • Salvation Army Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Sherry Hall
    • Poker-Playing Salesman
    • (uncredited)
    Tenen Holtz
    Tenen Holtz
    • Poker-Playing Salesman
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Ann Jackson
    Mary Ann Jackson
    • Betty
    • (uncredited)
    Karen Morley
    Karen Morley
    • Estelle Seldon (photo in newspaper)
    • (uncredited)
      • Harry Beaumont
      • Kenyon Nicholson(play "Torch Song")
      • Edith Fitzgerald(additional dialogue)
      • Martin Flavin(dialogue) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Most of the film was shot with Johnny Mack Brown in the role of Carl when it was decided to drop this footage and reshoot it with Clark Gable.
    • Goofs
      One year after Howard marries his wealthy boss's daughter he is still a traveling salesman, staying in cheap hotels. The only reason for him to do so is in order for him to meet Ivy again, but it is absurd that his socialite wife would want her husband doing such a job. He could have encountered Ivy in some other way.
    • Quotes

      Man Boarding Train: [annoyed and impatiently waiting to get by a kissing Ivy and Howdy] Well, anytime you get through.

      Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens: Mister, we never get through.

    • Connections
      Featured in Fast Workers (1933)
    • Soundtracks
      (What Can I Do?) I Love That Man
      (uncredited)
      Music by Martin Broones
      Lyrics by Arthur Freed
      Sung by Joan Crawford at the cabaret

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    Salvation Army's lonely hearts club band
    Clark Gable is particularly handsome in his Salvation Army uniform.He is very efficient when it comes to showing seduced girl Crawford the straight and narrow!And he must display lots and lots of patience ,indulgence and compassion for ,even after the marriage of her beau ,a smug buck,she's ready to fall in love again head over heels . Gable and Crawford singing canticles while delivering free meals to the needy.What a nice way to redeem your soul and to find true love!

    What's really tragic is that these poor people are still looking for free meals in the soup kitchen ,be it the the Salvation Army or one of the other charitable organizations .In France ,in the organization I'm currently working for("Les Restos Du Coeur" ) ,the number of beneficiaries has increased by 15% in 2010-2011.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Mar 27, 2011

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    • Release date
      • May 30, 1931 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 12 minutes
      • Black and White

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