A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
Acting
Warren William's smug aristocrat is deliciously hateable.
Costume
Ginger Rogers' showgirl outfits scream pre-code freedom.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Warren William
Alexander Stream
Mary Astor
Hettie Stream
Ginger Rogers
Lilly Linda
Andy Devine
Oscar
Dickie Moore
Tommy Stream
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Marcus
J. Carrol Naish
Lou Colima
Sidney Toler
Officer Moran
Henry O'Neill
Banker Making Toast
Theodore Newton
Rocklen
Robert Barrat
Police Commissioner Clark
Robert Greig
Marc Caldwell
Frank Sheridan
Police Inspector Kellogg
John Qualen
Janitor
Willard Robertson
Police Captain Reynolds
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak pre-code Hollywood—made mere months before the Hays Code crackdown, when studios raced to film 'immoral' content while they still could.
Ginger Rogers made this between 42nd Street and The Gay Divorcee, literally upgrading from chorus girl to showgirl to eventual star in real time.
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