Lilly Turner

1933
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1h 5min

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George Brent and Ruth Chatterton in Lilly Turner (1933)

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she's pregnant. She then marries the carnival's barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer.A carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she's pregnant. She then marries the carnival's barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer.A carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she's pregnant. She then marries the carnival's barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer.

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Ruth Chatterton

Lilly 'Queenie' Turner -- later Dixon

George Brent

Bob Chandler

Frank McHugh

Dave Dixon

Guy Kibbee

Doc Peter McGill

Robert Barrat

Fritz

Ruth Donnelly

Edna Yokum

Marjorie Gateson

Bessie 'Ma' McGill

Gordon Westcott

Rex Durkee

Arthur Vinton

Sam Waxman

Grant Mitchell

Dr. Hawley

Margaret Seddon

Mrs. Turner

Mae Busch

Hazel

Walter Brennan

Undetermined Secondary Role
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Hobart Cavanaugh

Earle
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Ethel Wales

Mrs. Flint
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Irving Bacon

Earle Yokum
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Jack Baxley

Man in Carnival Audience
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Don Brodie

Man in Carnival Audience
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Warner Brothers (which absorbed First National in November 1929) attempted to reissue Lilly Turner (1933), a pre-Code film, in 1936, but Joseph Breen denied them a Code certificate.

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When Lilly and Bob are in the truck, during the night at about 45 minutes into the film, David comes up from the bank and offers her a drink from his bottle. In one shot the label is facing her, in the next shot the label is facing away from her as Dave tried to hand her the bottle. When she drinks from the bottle, the label is facing away from her, but in the next shot as she finishes, the label is not visible. She goes to drink again and the label is visible once more.

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Doc Peter McGill: Folks, what is it that we all want? I ask you, what is it? Happiness! And you can't have happiness without health. And that's what I'm here to tell you about: health! And I can say without fear of contradiction, that if you follow the instructions in my little book closely, you'll never be sick again, as long as you live. Now, friends, before my assistants pass among you copies of this remarkable little book, I wish to introduce to you the most beautifully formed woman in all the world. Venus, herself, might envy her. A perfect specimen of womanhood! An amazing example of clean living and right thinking.
Lilly 'Queenie' Turner Dixon: Hello everybody. You may be surprised to hear that as a child I was deformed and practically a cripple. No one ever dreamed that one day I'd be well and strong. And I'm here to tell you that no woman should be discouraged with her figure, her face or her complexion. The truth is that thousands of tired, sick and overweight women have already proven that radiant health and a perfect figure can be acquired by following the instructions in Dr. McGill's Health book. I'm glad to have the opportunity to thanking Dr. McGill for my astounding good health. I thank you.

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I Love You Truly
(uncredited)
Written by Carrie Jacobs Bond (1906)
Played and sung at the wedding by unidentified performers

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7/10

I'm Starting to Like Ruth Chatterton

I'm really starting to like Ruth Chatterton. She's climbing the ladder. Joan Blondell is still at the top, but Ruth is close.

Chatterton plays the eponymous Lilly Turner. She married a no good con man named Rex (Gordon Westcott) at the very beginning of the movie. He was an "actor" he told her. Her mother was suspicious of him and it turned out her Spidey senses were working; Rex was a lie, a cheat, and a felon. He wasn't an actor, he was a two-bit magician who did shows in rinky dink towns. Worse yet, he was married to another woman which made his marriage to Lilly null and void. Lilly found out when a detective came looking for him. By the time she heard the news about her husband he'd skipped town--ditching her while she was pregnant.

To avoid the stain of having a child with no husband, Lilly married Dave Dixon (Frank McHugh), a friend and also an incorrigible drunk. The marriage wound up being unnecessary as Lilly lost the baby during childbirth, but she would remain with Dave as a partner because of the great favor he did for her.

They worked at a couple of different carnival outfits before working for Doc McGill (Guy Kibbee), a snake oil salesman. Lilly was his testimonial along with Fritz (Robert Barrat), a "strong man." Lilly pretty much accepted her life and how it turned out. She wasn't exactly jaded, but it was clear that there was no happiness left in her. She could possibly have been happy with Dave if he wasn't sloppy drunk all of the time.

A small spark, and then fireworks happened when Lilly met Robert Chandler (George Brent), a taxi driver watching one of Doc McGill's demonstrations. Maybe Bob was the man Lilly was really looking for all those years ago when she married Rex.

"Lilly Turner" is a pleasant movie about love, loss, letdowns, and loyalty. Ruth was one of the best actresses at playing an unpretentious, straight-forward woman. In most of her works she wasn't a "lady" (high society woman with a stuffy accent and proper manners). She was a woman and I love it.

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