Vagabond Lady

1935
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1h 11m

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Robert Young and Evelyn Venable in Vagabond Lady (1935)

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat... Read allJosephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.

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Robert Young

Tony Spear

Evelyn Venable

Miss Josephine 'Jo' Spiggins

Reginald Denny

John 'Johnny' Spear

Frank Craven

'Spiggy' Spiggins

Berton Churchill

R.D. Spear

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Mr. 'Higgy' Higginbotham

Forrester Harvey

Corky Nye

Lowden Adams

Spear's Second Butler
(uncredited)

Mariska Aldrich

Wagnerian Vocalist
(uncredited)

Beaudine Anderson

Messenger Boy
(uncredited)

Ed Armand

Elevator Operator
(uncredited)

Jessie Arnold

Helen - Cleaning Lady
(uncredited)

Consuelo Baker

Bridesmaid
(uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Cafe Headwaiter
(uncredited)

Vangie Beilby

Store Customer
(uncredited)

Herman Bing

Spear Department Head
(uncredited)

George Blagoi

Man at Opera Recital
(uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Hotel Detective
(uncredited)

Director
- Sam Taylor
Writer
- Frank Butler
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Trivia
The ship shown in the background near Tony's boat is the S.S. Sage Brush, owned at the time by the Shepard Steamship Co. of Boston. It was built in 1919 and was subsequently sold to States Marine Corp. of Boston and renamed the S.S. Keystone. In March of 1943 it was part of a convoy to North Africa with a load of war supplies. On March 13 she developed engine trouble and dropped out of the convoy. A German submarine, U-172 torpedoed her and she sank on March 14. 71 of the 72 aboard were saved.

Goofs
In more than one scene with a boat tied up at a pier, both the boat and pier are moving together in relation to the rear-screen projection in the background.

Soundtracks
Auld Lang Syne
(1788)
Traditional Scottish 17th century music
Lyrics by Robert Burns
Sung by the passengers when the ship tries to dock

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4/10

A free spirit or a boorish and irresponsible jerk?

The Spear family is very well respected and run a department store. However, the very conservative father (Berton Churchill) and his oldest son, Johnny (Reginald Denny) are worried, as the black sheep of the family, Tony (Robert Young) has just blown into town. He's nothing like his brother and father. Instead of loving business and fitting into high society, Tony is a fun-loving free spirit. And, how is this going to affect Josephine (Evelyn Venable)...the woman who is supposed to marry Johnny? After all, she thinks Tony is wonderful! But is he just too much of a free spirit?

This film was distributed by MGM but was made by Hal Roach Studios. In the mid-1930s, the studio wanted to get away from comedy shorts and begin making full-length film...such as this one and the longer Laurel & Hardy flicks.

It did seem odd to me casting the very British and proper Denny as the brother of American accented Robert Young.

As for the story, some times Robert Young and the other bohemians try a bit too hard in the film, so if you're looking for subtlety you won't see it here! Overall, an interesting idea for a film that just doesn't come together very well. Watchable but not much more.