An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.
- Awards
- 2 wins total
Willie Best
- George - The Elevator Operator
- (uncredited)
Charles Butterworth
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
- Party Guest on Balcony
- (uncredited)
Edith Ellison
- Jerry's Housekeeper
- (uncredited)
Harry Strang
- Ship's Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Frank Capra's autobiographical book, he dismissed using Barbara Stanwyck when their interview went badly. Frank Fay, Stanwyck's husband at the time, called Capra up, furious over Stanwyck's having come home from the interview, crying. Capra blamed Stanwyck, saying she acted like she didn't even want the part. Fay responded, "Frank, she's young, and shy, and she's been kicked around out here. Let me show you a test she made at Warner's." (The test was for "The Noose," a Broadway play Stanwyck starred in and also a film made without Stanwyck in 1928 by John Francis Dillon for First National.) Capra was so impressed that he left the screening immediately to get Harry Cohn, who ran Columbia, to sign up Stanwyck as quickly as possible.
- GoofsAlthough the onscreen credits state "Adapted from A David Belasco-Milton Herbert Gropper stage play," only Gropper was the author of the play; Belasco produced it.
- Quotes
Bill Standish: Ever done any posing before?
Kay Arnold: I'm always posing.
Bill Standish: How do you spend your nights?
Kay Arnold: Re-posing.
- Alternate versionsColumbia simultaneously released "Ladies of Leisure" in both sound and silent versions.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)
- SoundtracksMisterioso Agitato
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Smith
Featured review
One reviewer here complimented the whole cast of "Ladies of Leisure." Well, I must respectfully disagree. I found Ralph Graves' performance to be rather wooden. Graves had been in films since he was teenager just after Word Ware I had ended, but clearly he found it difficult to deliver a natural performance in the sound medium.
I do recommend the film for historical purposes if nothing else. It was released in the Spring of 1930 and may have been filmed in late 1929. That would definitely qualify "Ladies of Leisure" as a member of that first generation of sound films dating from 1928 to 1930.
One thing I wondered about is whether a boom mic was used. I think someone else opined that hidden mics, placed here and there around the set were still used in this production. I do know from my reading that sound film technology was making progress just about on a week by week basis in those early days.
I do recommend the film for historical purposes if nothing else. It was released in the Spring of 1930 and may have been filmed in late 1929. That would definitely qualify "Ladies of Leisure" as a member of that first generation of sound films dating from 1928 to 1930.
One thing I wondered about is whether a boom mic was used. I think someone else opined that hidden mics, placed here and there around the set were still used in this production. I do know from my reading that sound film technology was making progress just about on a week by week basis in those early days.
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- Also known as
- Mujeres de lujo
- Filming locations
- Malibu Lake, California, USA(exterior locations)
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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