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An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
Franklyn Ardell
- Apartment House Clerk
- (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
- Guard at Trevor Estate
- (uncredited)
Matt Briggs
- Truant Officer
- (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
- Trevor's Butler
- (uncredited)
Mary Forbes
- Admirer at Nightclub
- (uncredited)
Etienne Girardot
- J. K. Brown - Claim Adjustor
- (uncredited)
Dean Hall
- Man in Courtroom
- (uncredited)
Harry Holman
- Man at Bar with Letty
- (uncredited)
George Irving
- Admirer at Nightclub
- (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Lowell Sherman
- Jack Conway(uncredited)
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAndrew Tombes is on an early cast list playing the part of "Max Lieber." A character called "Max" is mentioned in the film, but Tombes never appeared.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)
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Interesting mainly for the performances of Young and Grant...
Loretta Young looks angelically beautiful as an immoral young woman, radiant in all of her many close-ups. Her eyes have such an innocent beauty despite the fact that her character is supposed to have the sort of hard edge usually assigned to Harlow or Crawford. The story asks us to believe she had an early pregnancy from a man who deserted her and left her with a bratty son whom she smothers with mother love while garbed in glamorous clothes.
It also asks us to accept Cary Grant as a wealthy millionaire who takes pity on her situation and invites the boy to live with him in his posh home in the country. Grant seems a bit ill at ease here, and clearly had not yet fully developed his typical Cary Grant persona. Still, it's interesting to see both he and Loretta cast against type in this kind of story.
I don't agree with harsh words about Jackie Kelp's performance as her son. I found him reasonably believable in the part although he did look more than the supposed seven years. Loretta's scheme is to ingratiate herself with Grant so that she can steal the boy back even though Grant can give him everything.
The weak, abrupt ending is probably due to production code etiquette which was still having a hard time with all the sordid ingredients implied by the script. It's an unsatisfying ending for a story that could have been developed with more care for the downbeat ending.
Minor characters are very underdeveloped, notably that of Henry Travers as Young's loyal friend.
Summing up: More of a curiosity piece for Loretta Young's fans than anything else--and she was definitely a vision of beauty in her early 20s.
It also asks us to accept Cary Grant as a wealthy millionaire who takes pity on her situation and invites the boy to live with him in his posh home in the country. Grant seems a bit ill at ease here, and clearly had not yet fully developed his typical Cary Grant persona. Still, it's interesting to see both he and Loretta cast against type in this kind of story.
I don't agree with harsh words about Jackie Kelp's performance as her son. I found him reasonably believable in the part although he did look more than the supposed seven years. Loretta's scheme is to ingratiate herself with Grant so that she can steal the boy back even though Grant can give him everything.
The weak, abrupt ending is probably due to production code etiquette which was still having a hard time with all the sordid ingredients implied by the script. It's an unsatisfying ending for a story that could have been developed with more care for the downbeat ending.
Minor characters are very underdeveloped, notably that of Henry Travers as Young's loyal friend.
Summing up: More of a curiosity piece for Loretta Young's fans than anything else--and she was definitely a vision of beauty in her early 20s.
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- Nacida para ser mala
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- Budget
- $252,238 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
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- 1.37 : 1
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