Copyright 9 February 1931 by Columbia Pictures Corp. New York opening at the Strand: 6 March 1931. 75 minutes. (Columbia also made an 88-minute Spanish version starring Lupita Tovar).
NOTES: The storyline of this movie is virtually identical to Honor Among Lovers which hit New York on 27 February 1931. Monroe Owsley had the same role, while Claudette Colbert played the girl and Fredric March was the persistent admirer she didn't marry.
Both the plot and the principal characters are so similar, it's obvious that someone stole from someone else. For the record, the writers of the more expensive Paramount picture were Austin Parker (original story and screenplay) and Gertrude Purcell (screenplay).
COMMENT: Lionel Barrymore's last credited film as a director ("A pretty good picture too!" he commented in 1950), is somewhat static but enlivened by the dance hall scenes with Abe Lyman's Orchestra and the presence of Sally Blane in the support cast. Stanwyck is effective as usual (some witty dialogue helps), but Cortez just walks through his role, and Owsley was better in Honor Among Lovers.
NOTES: The storyline of this movie is virtually identical to Honor Among Lovers which hit New York on 27 February 1931. Monroe Owsley had the same role, while Claudette Colbert played the girl and Fredric March was the persistent admirer she didn't marry.
Both the plot and the principal characters are so similar, it's obvious that someone stole from someone else. For the record, the writers of the more expensive Paramount picture were Austin Parker (original story and screenplay) and Gertrude Purcell (screenplay).
COMMENT: Lionel Barrymore's last credited film as a director ("A pretty good picture too!" he commented in 1950), is somewhat static but enlivened by the dance hall scenes with Abe Lyman's Orchestra and the presence of Sally Blane in the support cast. Stanwyck is effective as usual (some witty dialogue helps), but Cortez just walks through his role, and Owsley was better in Honor Among Lovers.