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A young couple lives together out of wedlock, but they find that they're ahead of their time.A young couple lives together out of wedlock, but they find that they're ahead of their time.A young couple lives together out of wedlock, but they find that they're ahead of their time.
Hazel Howell
- Girl at the Bridal Shower
- (uncredited)
Lucille Ward
- Susan - Anne's Maid
- (uncredited)
Barbara Weeks
- Girl at the Bridal Shower
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaOn the phone, Dick and Anne tease Duckie that they can't agree on which vacuum cleaner to buy, a Peerless or a General Electric. The joke here appears to be that Peerless was an old maker of hand-pump vacuums, never electric ones.
- Goofs(at around 5 mins) As Dick and Anne are walking out of the kitchen, a moving shadow of the boom microphone is visible on the wall to the left.
- Quotes
Richard 'Dick' Ives II: Dad, what would you do with a girl like that?
Richard Ives Sr.: I'd grab her any way she'd have me.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen: The Temptations of Eve (1996)
- SoundtracksMaybe It's Love
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by George W. Meyer
Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell and Archie Gottler
Whistled by James Rennie
Hummed and sung by Barbara Stanwyck
Featured review
it is the man in a so-called "illicit" relationship who longs to get married and avoid a reputation, while Ann, played by Barbara Stanwyck holds out. She doesn't have much faith in marriage. But she is eventually convinced, in part by her lover's father. Will she be happy, or proved right, that is the question of the film.
Barbara looks lovely in this film, with darker hair (even though tight satin gowns are very unforgiving). She plays a modern woman, and does so with charm, instead of stridency. As newlyweds, they are blissfully happy, with plenty of money, travels and a beautiful townhouse in Manhattan. But hubby (James Rennie, who was married to Dorothy Gish for a while) is still a bit of a stiff....he complains when Ann turns on the music after a dinner out. She wants to go dancing, he whines about the late hour. Besides he might be catching a cold. Boo hoo. Yet when his friends call up, suddenly he is raring to go. And Ann knows why-he is still carrying a torch for a former girlfriend.
Joan Blondell is smart and chic in a small role.
(One of the most unrealistic lines is when Ann tells her husband she is going to move back to her old place for a while, tonight, right away. Try that in NYC...)
Barbara looks lovely in this film, with darker hair (even though tight satin gowns are very unforgiving). She plays a modern woman, and does so with charm, instead of stridency. As newlyweds, they are blissfully happy, with plenty of money, travels and a beautiful townhouse in Manhattan. But hubby (James Rennie, who was married to Dorothy Gish for a while) is still a bit of a stiff....he complains when Ann turns on the music after a dinner out. She wants to go dancing, he whines about the late hour. Besides he might be catching a cold. Boo hoo. Yet when his friends call up, suddenly he is raring to go. And Ann knows why-he is still carrying a torch for a former girlfriend.
Joan Blondell is smart and chic in a small role.
(One of the most unrealistic lines is when Ann tells her husband she is going to move back to her old place for a while, tonight, right away. Try that in NYC...)
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- $249,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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