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An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
- Anita Loos(original story)
- Gene Markey(screen play)
- Kathryn Scola(screen play)
- Stars
- Anita Loos(original story)
- Gene Markey(screen play)
- Kathryn Scola(screen play)
- Stars
Ivan F. Simpson
- Tindle
- (as Ivan Simpson)
Charley Grapewin
- Clerk
- (as Charles Grapewin)
Ernie Adams
- Court Photographer
- (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
- Trial Judge
- (uncredited)
Louise Beavers
- Anna - Mary's Maid
- (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
- Court Photographer
- (uncredited)
- Anita Loos(original story)
- Gene Markey(screen play)
- Kathryn Scola(screen play)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaOriginally conceived as a vehicle for Jean Harlow.
- GoofsIn the opening courtroom scene, the Cosmopolitan magazine edition that Mary is reading differs between the long and close-up shots. The edition she reads in long shots is the February, 1933 edition and in close-up shots, she reads the May, 1933 edition.
- Quotes
Mary Martin: Are you ever serious about anything?
Tom Mannering Jr.: No, what is there to be serious about? The income tax? Tonsils? The decline of the white race?
[Potter, the butler enters]
Tom Mannering Jr.: Of course there's always sex. How do feel about sex, Potter? Or, uh... do you?
Potter - Tom's Butler: At this hour of the night, sir? It would be almost impossible to know.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Complicated Women (2003)
Review
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William Wellman Pre-Code
A ravishingly beautiful 20-year-old Loretta Young is "Midnight Mary" in this 1933 melodrama directed by William Wellman. The film also stars Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, and Una Merkel. Young, on trial for murder of Cortez character, a gangster, is waiting for the jury to come in. She tells her story in flashback. Down on her luck, recently out of prison, she meets Cortez, becomes his girl and gets the easy life. One night, during a shooting, the wealthy Tone helps her escape. After she receives secretarial training, he gets her a job in his law firm. But her past catches up with her.
Loretta Young is stunning and her clothes are fantastic. She gives a very good performance. Since it's a pre-code drama, there's talk of sex, suggestive scenes, and the women get slapped around.
Very entertaining and absorbing, with Young a class act all the way.
Loretta Young is stunning and her clothes are fantastic. She gives a very good performance. Since it's a pre-code drama, there's talk of sex, suggestive scenes, and the women get slapped around.
Very entertaining and absorbing, with Young a class act all the way.
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- blanche-2
- Mar 25, 2009
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- 1 hour 14 minutes
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