Millie (1931)

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Helen Twelvetrees

Millie Blake Maitland

Lilyan Tashman

Helen Riley

Robert Ames

Tommy Rock

James Hall

Jack Maitland

John Halliday

Jimmy Damier

Joan Blondell

Angie Wickerstaff

Anita Louise

Connie Maitland

Edmund Breese

Defense Attorney

Frank McHugh

John Holmes

Charlotte Walker

Mrs. Maitland

Franklin Parker

Spring

Charles Delaney

Mike

Harry Stubbs

Mark

Marie Astaire

Bobby
(uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

District Attorney Sanders
(uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Max - Head Waiter
(uncredited)

Louise Beavers

Maid
(uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Helen and Angie's Landlady
(uncredited)

Director
- John Francis Dillon
Writers
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Trivia
Anita Louise plays a 16-year-old in the film; she had actually just turned 16 when the film was released.

Goofs
The beginning of the film is supposed to be set around 1914 and continues through the next 17 years until 1931, but the females of the cast wear strictly 1931 fashions all the way through. Likewise, the popular music played at the night club, as well as the interior design, is also strictly 1931, regardless of the year it's taking place.

Quotes
Connie Maitland: Oh! Oh! It tickles my nose!
[giggles]
Jimmy Damier: Does it?
Connie Maitland: I like it.
Jimmy Damier: Do you? Well, have some more.

Connections
Edited into Your Afternoon Movie: Millie (2022)

Soundtracks
Millie
(1931) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Nacio Herb Brown
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Played by a band at a nightclub and sung by an unidentified trio
Reprised as dance music and as background music often

Helen Twelvetrees (Millie) stars as the title character in a soap opera story of her life. We follow her as she gets married to wealthy James Hall (Jack) as an innocent girl and we end up almost 20 years later. How does she change during this period? Pretty drastically.

The supporting cast are good despite every character being portrayed as deceitful - the men are cheaters and the women are gold-diggers. Lilyan Tashman (Helen) and Joan Blondell (Angie) have the most entertainng parts and they are funny with their dialogue. They also provide some glamour with their outfits and the sets are interesting. We also get creepy John Halliday (Jimmy) who keeps trying his luck with Twelvetrees over the course of the film. Well, if the girl doesn't wanna play what's a man to do?

It's a woman's film from the early 1930s and is of historical interest as that.