Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWoman in debt makes an impulsive investment which doesn't go her way.Woman in debt makes an impulsive investment which doesn't go her way.Woman in debt makes an impulsive investment which doesn't go her way.
Loretta Andrews
- Minor Role
- (non crédité)
Barbara Brown
- Minor Role
- (non crédité)
Margaret Carthew
- Dancer
- (non crédité)
Bess Flowers
- Minor Role
- (non crédité)
Jack Gargan
- Minor Role
- (non crédité)
Jimmy Granato
- Orchestra Musician
- (non crédité)
Beatrice Hagen
- Dancer
- (non crédité)
Juanita Hagen
- Dancer
- (non crédité)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesA remake of the Cecil B. DeMille 1915 film which starred Fannie Ward.
- Citations
Jeffrey Carlyle: I love you. I didn't marry you because I thought you could spell or add, but because of who you are.
- ConnexionsRemake of Forfaiture (1915)
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Tallulah Bankhead was 29 when she made "The Cheat," in 1931, and she came to film after a successful theatrical career. Thirteen years later, she made Lifeboat and looked as if she had aged 30 years in 13.
Bankhead plays Elsa, the adored wife of Jeffrey (Harvey Stephens). She's a compulsive gambler and winds up owing $10,000 (the equivalent of $140,000 in today's money). A man who is obviously after her, Hardy Livingstone (Irving Pichel) gets her the money, but of course he wants payment -- the only kind of payment acceptable from a woman in precode! This is kind of a wild movie which could have been wilder with better casting. Tallulah's supporting cast just didn't cut it. To play the sadistic Livingstone, I would have preferred someone who had a little more bite to him, and Harvey Stephens is plain vanilla. Someone suggested Robert Montgomery for the husband and Charles Laughton for the lecher. I'm not sure she would have gone as far as she did with someone like Charles Laughton. Maybe Cyril Ritchard? Warren William? Tallulah's acting and glamor makes the film interesting to watch, and you'll love the Chinese costume Livingstone gives her to wear for a benefit.
This film was directed by the great Broadway director, George Abbott, who died in 1995 at the age of 107. He's the reason, I think, that this film moves so well, unlike many films of this era where people tend to talk more slowly and the action seems to drag as people get used to sound.
Bankhead plays Elsa, the adored wife of Jeffrey (Harvey Stephens). She's a compulsive gambler and winds up owing $10,000 (the equivalent of $140,000 in today's money). A man who is obviously after her, Hardy Livingstone (Irving Pichel) gets her the money, but of course he wants payment -- the only kind of payment acceptable from a woman in precode! This is kind of a wild movie which could have been wilder with better casting. Tallulah's supporting cast just didn't cut it. To play the sadistic Livingstone, I would have preferred someone who had a little more bite to him, and Harvey Stephens is plain vanilla. Someone suggested Robert Montgomery for the husband and Charles Laughton for the lecher. I'm not sure she would have gone as far as she did with someone like Charles Laughton. Maybe Cyril Ritchard? Warren William? Tallulah's acting and glamor makes the film interesting to watch, and you'll love the Chinese costume Livingstone gives her to wear for a benefit.
This film was directed by the great Broadway director, George Abbott, who died in 1995 at the age of 107. He's the reason, I think, that this film moves so well, unlike many films of this era where people tend to talk more slowly and the action seems to drag as people get used to sound.
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Détails
- Durée1 heure 14 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.20 : 1
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