John Ford made THIS? The Western king slums it with a scamp in scanty skirts!
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
Acting
Sally O'Neil's chaotic energy carries the whole picture
Direction
Ford somehow makes static soundstage sets feel lived-in
Director
John Ford
Sally O'Neil
The Brat
Alan Dinehart
MacMillan Forester
Frank Albertson
Stephen Forester
William Collier Sr.
Judge O'Flaherty
Virginia Cherrill
Angela
June Collyer
Jane
J. Farrell MacDonald
Timson, the butler
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Forester
Albert Gran
Bishop
Louise Mackintosh
Lena
Margaret Mann
Housekeeper
Ward Bond
Court Policeman (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
George Humbert
Italian Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Virginia Cherrill plays the 'nice' sister here—she'd be blind flower girl in Chaplin's City Lights that same year.
Ford made five films in 1931 alone; this Fox programmer was pure paycheck survival between serious works.
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