An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.
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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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Country:
USARelease Date:
21 November 1931 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Mirage See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.20 : 1
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(1896) (uncredited)
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Charlotte Greenwood was signed as a cast member, but she was not seen in the movie. News items mentioned several performers during production, but some did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These include Florence Lake, Virginia Sale and Francis Ford. See more »Quotes
Marian Martin, aka Mrs. Moreland: Regret? I left school when I was only 12... never learned how to spell "regret."See more »
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The Stars and Stripes Forever(1896) (uncredited)
Written by John Philip Sousa
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This movie goes to prove that pre-code Hollywood was much more mature and knew how to make movies of good taste on socially relevant issues. The theme of the woman who lives as a 'mistress' of the man she loves because he prefers not to get married was very daring in those days. The social background was also cleverly handled. One scene is particularly impressive and intelligent: when J. Crawford, just about to cross a railroad, stops to wait a train go slowly by and, through each window that passes, she has a glimpse of how the other half lives, just as though she were watching a movie. A visually very inspired moment.