Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.
Samuel S. Hinds
- Father Doran
- (as Samuel Hinds)
Tom Herbert
- Salesman Ogelthorpe
- (as Tom Francis)
Wade Boteler
- River Boat Purser
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- River Boat Steward
- (uncredited)
Jane Darwell
- Mrs. Webster - Head Prison Matron
- (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
- Hoyt - Paige's Secretary
- (uncredited)
John Larkin
- Man Meeting Released Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
- Mr. Jones
- (uncredited)
Eileen Percy
- Woman
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
George Reed
- Alice - Dan's Shipboard Cook
- (uncredited)
Mildred Washington
- Genevieve - Lorry's Maid
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe last of four films co-starring Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea, along with Born to Love (1931), The Common Law (1931), and Rockabye (1932).
- GoofsWhen Lorry is in her room on the steamboat, there is a fur coat on the top bunker resting up against the bedpost. On the following cuts, the orientation of the coat keeps changing. The matching hat on the top bunker also changes orientation.
- Quotes
Mrs. Webster - Head Prison Matron: As Head Matron of his Institution, in all my experience, I have never come...
Lorry Evans: Save your wind, save your wind, you might want to go sailing sometime.
- SoundtracksYou're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline
(1903) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Armstrong
Lyric by Richard H. Gerard
Sung a cappella and offscreen by Matt McHugh and Pert Kelton
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Sassy RKO Programmer
Snappy comedy drama. With all the biting dialogue and crusty dames, I kept thinking '30's Warner Bros. but it's RKO on a Warner's trip. Bennet and Kelton are a couple of hookers on probation looking for a way to get by. So guess what, Bennet meets sugar daddy Halliday who sets her up in comfort after initial misgivings (she probably applied her professional know-how). So it's now a bed of roses except that she can't get over cotton barge captain McCrea. Trouble is he's a straight shooter who might reject her if he finds out about her past. So what's she to do-- stay with sugar daddy or follow her heart and risk rejection. And will Kelton's presence help since she's a constant reminder.
All in all, it's a little gem, with sassy Kelton providing spark. Some of the lines are knee-slappers, like the guy who tells the girl he's a boll-weevil exterminator to which she replies, "I ain't done nothin' ". Mc Crea may get top male billing, but it's really Halliday getting the screentime. Note too how the screenplay finesses prostitution even though 1933 is still pre-Code. And that's along with cracks about Prohibition, which was about to end its 13-dry years. Anyway, thanks to the writers including underrated director La Cava, it's a nifty programmer of the sort old movie fans love to stumble across. I know I did.
All in all, it's a little gem, with sassy Kelton providing spark. Some of the lines are knee-slappers, like the guy who tells the girl he's a boll-weevil exterminator to which she replies, "I ain't done nothin' ". Mc Crea may get top male billing, but it's really Halliday getting the screentime. Note too how the screenplay finesses prostitution even though 1933 is still pre-Code. And that's along with cracks about Prohibition, which was about to end its 13-dry years. Anyway, thanks to the writers including underrated director La Cava, it's a nifty programmer of the sort old movie fans love to stumble across. I know I did.
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