Carole Lombard dancing while her husband sulks? Pre-Code marriage chaos hits different.
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is forced to take a job as a dancer in a Broadway show. As the marriage begins to fall apart, complications ensue when she discovers that she's pregnant.
Acting
Lombard's dancer role before her screwball queen era.
Costume
Broadway showgirl wardrobe pushing Hays Code boundaries.
Director
A. Edward Sutherland
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Barney Hatfield
Stuart Erwin
Stranger
Carole Lombard
Anne Merrick
Lilyan Tashman
Polly Griscom
Norman Foster
Steve Merrick
Edward Nugent
George Kent
Theodore von Eltz
Gilbert Morrell
Joyce Compton
Luella May Carroll
Eulalie Jensen
Mrs. Kent ("Sugar")
Harry Beresford
Mr. Platt
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Platt
Guy Oliver
Waldo, Handyman
Willie Best
Laundryman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Lombard's last pre-code roles before her breakthrough in Twentieth Century (1934). The Hays Code crackdown that followed essentially buried this film's casual treatment of marital strife and female independence.
The 'struggling artist quits job' plot hit differently in 1931—unemployment hit 15.9% that year, making Steve's choice feel either aspirational or infuriating depending on your bank account.
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