Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?
Acting
Crawford's eyes could power a city.
Production
Depression-era luxury porn at its finest.
Direction
Brown lets silences scream.
Director
Clarence Brown
Joan Crawford
Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Clark Gable
Mark Whitney
Wallace Ford
Al Manning
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Wally Stuart
Frank Conroy
Horace Travers
Marjorie White
Vernice LaVerne
John Miljan
John Driscoll
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Martin
Wade Boteler
'Answer That One' Heckler (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Signor Martini - Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Drunken Husband (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
'Parole for Convicts' Heckler (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Crawford and Gable's second pairing; their affair off-screen fueled the on-screen electricity that made them MGM's golden duo.
The 'pre-code' label means Marion keeps her apartment AND her agency — a 1934 Production Code would have punished her severely.
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