After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
Acting
Helen Twelvetrees carries tragedy like a fur coat.
Writing
Dialogue that slaps harder than 1931 should allow.
Production
Deco sets that scream 'expensive mistake'.
Director
John Francis Dillon
Helen Twelvetrees
Millicent 'Millie' Blake Maitland
Lilyan Tashman
Helen Riley
Robert Ames
Tommy Rock
James Hall
John 'Jack' Maitland
John Halliday
James 'Jimmy' Dammier
Joan Blondell
Angie
Anita Louise
Constance 'Connie' Maitland
Edmund Breese
Defense Attorney
Frank McHugh
John Holmes
Charlotte Walker
Mrs. Maitland
Charles Delaney
Mike
Harry Stubbs
Mark
Hooper Atchley
District Attorney Sanders (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released mere months before the Hays Code crackdown, 'Millie' squeezes in adultery, premarital sex, and a sympathetic murderess while it still can.
Helen Twelvetrees was so typecast as suffering women that 'twelvetrees' became industry slang for a weepy role — this film is peak Twelvetrees.
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