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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Joan Crawford | ... | Marian Martin | |
| Clark Gable | ... | Mark Whitney | |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Al Manning | |
| Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | ... | Wally Stuart (as Skeets Gallagher) | |
| Frank Conroy | ... | Horace Travers | |
| Marjorie White | ... | Vernice LaVerne | |
| John Miljan | ... | John Driscoll | |
| Clara Blandick | ... | Mother Martin | |
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Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer can make her dreams come true, but there is only one problem, he will give her everything but a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage? Written by Kelly
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Mark Whitney: Are you?
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: ...Yes.
Mark Whitney: Honest, aren't you?
Mark Whitney: You wouldn't want me to lie to you, wouldn't you?
Mark Whitney: That's almost the only thing I could never forgive you.
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(1890) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Michael Nolan
Sung a cappella by Wallace Ford on the carousel
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Travers: Careful, Mark, she's only after our money.Mark Whitney: Are you?
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: ...Yes.
Mark Whitney: Honest, aren't you?
Mark Whitney: You wouldn't want me to lie to you, wouldn't you?
Mark Whitney: That's almost the only thing I could never forgive you.
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Little Annie Rooney(1890) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Michael Nolan
Sung a cappella by Wallace Ford on the carousel
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21 November 1931 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I love this film and watch it a lot. The ending is a bit sappy, and generally I turn it off after Joan tells Clark that she's not really in love with him. It's funny how many writers say they like it because of the "feminist" issues. Isn't it enough that the acting is good, the comedy is sophisticated and Joan sings a wonderful song in German, French and English? (The writer who said Bing Crosby did it better is just silly; how can one compare the two singers?) Are movies more valuable because they're about "important" themes? Is all the literature we've treasured over the centuries great because of anything other than it reflects the realities of love and life and death?