New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.
Acting
Alice White's 'Princess of Pep' energy — exhausting, electric.
Direction
LeRoy's pre-Code speed, zero moral hand-wringing.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Alice White
Sheba Miller
Chester Morris
Nickey Solomon
William Bakewell
Jack
Marion Byron
Maude
Maurice Black
Joe
Lionel Belmore
Morgan
Ann Brody
Mrs. Fennerbeck
Nellie V. Nichols
Mrs. Lippincott
Kernan Cripps
Police Sgt. Mulligan (uncredited)
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Railroad Ticket-Seller (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Pirate's Den Waiter (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood let women enjoy sex, crime, and consequences — all briefly legal before 1934's Production Code sterilized everything.
Alice White's talkie stardom crashed hard; LeRoy moved on to bigger things while she became a cautionary tale.
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