One Night at Susie's

Billie Dove. whose profile photo on imdb looks a whole lot like Mae West. or maybe West was copying Dove? most of Dove's films were silents; she disappeared right after the start of talkies. Here, Dove is Mary, soon to marry Dick (Doug Fairbanks Junior), but Mary is a chorus girl. Dick's mother runs a boarding house for mobsters. and she's determined to turn them into ex mobsters, and find other occupations. so when Dick takes the blame for a murder, everyone's plans are turned upside down. off to prison! but while he's in, he keeps writing projects for Mary to perform on the outside. although she spends a lot of time with the mobster, who's more available now than Dick is. and when bigshot producer (aussie Claude Fleming) takes an interest in her, she spends a lot of time with him too. what's going to happen when he gets out? can they go back to just depending on each other? story by Fred Brennan; appears to have stressed out and offed himself at age 60. directed by John Dillon, who died young at a heart attack at 49. this one is your typical mobster film. no surprises here.