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Ladies Must Love

  • 19331933
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
26
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
143,047
916,273
Oscar Apfel, Dorothy Burgess, Mary Carlisle, Neil Hamilton, June Knight, Sally O'Neil, and George E. Stone in Ladies Must Love (1933)
ComedyDramaRomance
Four Broadway gold-diggers sign a contract promising to share all their future gains. Troubles begin when one the girls falls in love with a wealthy playboy, getting rid of the contract.Four Broadway gold-diggers sign a contract promising to share all their future gains. Troubles begin when one the girls falls in love with a wealthy playboy, getting rid of the contract.Four Broadway gold-diggers sign a contract promising to share all their future gains. Troubles begin when one the girls falls in love with a wealthy playboy, getting rid of the contract.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
26
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
143,047
916,273
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Ewald André Dupont
    • Writers
      • William Hurlbut(suggested by a play by)
      • Robert Harris(play "Playgirls, Inc.")
      • John Francis Larkin(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • June Knight
      • Neil Hamilton
      • Sally O'Neil
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ewald André Dupont
    • Writers
      • William Hurlbut(suggested by a play by)
      • Robert Harris(play "Playgirls, Inc.")
      • John Francis Larkin(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • June Knight
      • Neil Hamilton
      • Sally O'Neil
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    Dorothy Burgess, Mary Carlisle, June Knight, and Sally O'Neil in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    Neil Hamilton and June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    Mary Carlisle, June Knight, and Sally O'Neil in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    Neil Hamilton and June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    Neil Hamilton in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    Neil Hamilton and June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    Neil Hamilton and June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)
    Neil Hamilton and June Knight in Ladies Must Love (1933)

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    June Knight
    June Knight
    • Jeannie Marlow
    Neil Hamilton
    Neil Hamilton
    • Bill Langhorne
    Sally O'Neil
    Sally O'Neil
    • Dot La Tour
    Dorothy Burgess
    Dorothy Burgess
    • Peggy Burns
    Mary Carlisle
    Mary Carlisle
    • Sally Lou Cateret
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    • Joey
    Maude Eburne
    Maude Eburne
    • Mme. Fifi
    Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    • Herman Nussbauer
    Edmund Breese
    Edmund Breese
    • Thomas Van Dyne
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    • Wilbur Muller
    Berton Churchill
    Berton Churchill
    • Gaskins
    Virginia Cherrill
    Virginia Cherrill
    • Bill's Society Fiancee
    Rudolph Anders
    Rudolph Anders
    • Wallace - Bill's Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Flute Player
    • (uncredited)
    Don Brodie
    Don Brodie
    • Jason - Bill's Chauffeur
    • (uncredited)
    André Cheron
    • Maitre D'
    • (uncredited)
    John Davidson
    John Davidson
    • One of Bill's Friends
    • (uncredited)
    Phil Dunham
    Phil Dunham
    • Casino Customer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ewald André Dupont
    • Writers
      • William Hurlbut(suggested by a play by) (stories "Lilies of Broadway" and "Scarlet Sisterhood")
      • Robert Harris(play "Playgirls, Inc.")
      • John Francis Larkin(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Jeanette Loff was announced for a lead role, but was eventually replaced.
    • Soundtracks
      I'll Worship Him Just the Same
      Words and Music by Lynn Cowan and Paul Worth

    User reviews1

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    LADIES MUST LOVE is a failed attempt to tell the story of "The Blue Angel" with the genders switched
    Did you ever hear someone tell a joke, only the teller doesn't get the joke? That's the feeling I have with this movie.

    June Knight is the subject of this movie about four gold-digging women on the make. June and Neil Hamilton fall in love, and neither is sure what it is; neither do her room mates help, since they expect her to contribute to the general welfare.

    Perhaps I expected a different story -- this was a staple Pre-Code and after. Perhaps I was expecting a comedy with some good jokes and gags instead of a straight drama. More likely, though, is that DuPont came from the European cinema, where this sort of movie was about the man being doomed by a hopeless love for the Erda figure -- THE BLUE ANGEL is the example most people know.

    The Erda figure would combine with the American vamp to become the femme fatale of film noir and it was way too early for anyone to have figured out how that would work. Dupont tried to make it a story of the failed redemption of Miss Knight, was saddled with a happy ending and the result is thoroughly unsatisfactory.
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    • May 7, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Four Wise Girls
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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