Three department store employees, Connie, Franky, and Jerry, share an apartment together in New York City. Despite Jerry's pragmatism, Connie and Franky pursue wealthy men for financial gain... Read allThree department store employees, Connie, Franky, and Jerry, share an apartment together in New York City. Despite Jerry's pragmatism, Connie and Franky pursue wealthy men for financial gain, leading to disappointment and heartbreak.Three department store employees, Connie, Franky, and Jerry, share an apartment together in New York City. Despite Jerry's pragmatism, Connie and Franky pursue wealthy men for financial gain, leading to disappointment and heartbreak.
- The Detective
- (as Robert O'Connor)
- A Mannequin
- (as Wilda Mansfield)
- Director
- Harry Beaumont(uncredited)
- Writers
- Edwin Justus Mayer
- Helen Meinardi(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJerry tells her malingering roommate, "Snap out of it, Lady Vere de Vere." This lady was the subject of a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. She was the haughtiest and coldest lady in the peerage, and the one with the noblest title. Her name has become an ironic way of referring to someone who is acting snooty.
- Quotes
Geraldine 'Gerry' March: [indicating a built-in radio] I like that. I think it's very clever.
Tony Jardine: Thank you. I always like a woman who appreciates - and accepts - a man's ideas.
Geraldine 'Gerry' March: With... reservations?
Tony Jardine: Oh, you don't believe in inhibitions, do you?
Geraldine 'Gerry' March: [moving away] When a man begins to talk about inhibitions, it's time to look at the view.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
- SoundtracksThe Wedding March
(1843) (uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61"
Written by Felix Mendelssohn
Played during the opening and closing credits
This is a pre-code film, and despite the above-mentioned problems, they're always interesting to watch. This one had to do with giving in to one's baser instincts (having sex) for money and the good life. This is 1930, and America was still preoccupied with class distinctions. Gerry refuses to give in to Tony, but her roommate Connie (Anita Page) is kept by his brother David. Franky (Dorothy Sebastian) marries a big talker.
Two scenes stick out as a sign of the times - outside Gerry's apartment building on a hot summer night, the street is teeming with kids playing, an ice cream cart, and people sitting on the stoop. A very realistic portrayal of cities back then. With no air conditioning and no television, people sat outside for the air and to talk with their neighbors. Social interaction, not social networks, Internet, and cable, provided their entertainment.
The second striking thing was the radio description of an engagement of a couple from socially prominent families. I remember seeing an old Vogue magazine where an woman engaged to some sort of royalty got a full page portrait. Not uncommon.
For anyone who only knows the hard-faced Joan Crawford of later years, this movie will serve as a revelation. Made for movies with those huge, mesmerizing eyes, beautiful face, and trim figure, Crawford shines here. At times she sounds like she's sporting some sort of affected accent, though I don't know why. Page and Sebastian are also very good in their roles. Montgomery is underused - he was more than a dashing leading man - but he looks great and does the role well.
All in all, worth seeing for the young Crawford and a look at life in 1930 for shop girls.
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- Budget
- $337,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color