Working-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance to break into high society.
Acting
Constance Bennett's ice-queen gaze could freeze champagne.
Costume
Wardrobe tells the whole story: who owns whom.
Director
Archie Mayo
Constance Bennett
Stephanie Dale
Ben Lyon
Nick Amory
Richard Bennett
David Meyer
Dorothy Peterson
The Mother
Ray Milland
Charles Carter Jr.
Arthur Stuart Hull
Charles Carter Sr.
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Sprig
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Chauncey
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Barry
Paul Porcasi
Rapello
Barbara Leonard
Mary Kiernan
Mae Madison
Natalie Ransone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the brief 1930-1934 window before the Hays Code strangled Hollywood's honesty about sex, money, and women's ambition.
Richard Bennett, who plays the wealthy puppet master David Meyer, was Constance Bennett's actual father—adding extra oedipal voltage to their scenes.
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