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RomanceDrama

Bad Girl

- VINA DELMAR'S novel of New York Life

A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

Release Date : 1931-08-13

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fox Film Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

James Dunn

Character Name : Eddie Collins

Original Name : James Dunn

Gender : Male

Sally Eilers

Character Name : Dorothy Haley

Original Name : Sally Eilers

Gender : Female

Minna Gombell

Character Name : Edna Driggs

Original Name : Minna Gombell

Gender : Female

Frank Darien

Character Name : Lathrop

Original Name : Frank Darien

Gender : Male

William Pawley

Character Name : Jim Haley

Original Name : William Pawley

Gender : Male

Claude King

Character Name : Dr. Burgess

Original Name : Claude King

Gender : Male

Louis Natheaux

Character Name : Mr. Thompson

Original Name : Louis Natheaux

Gender : Male

Sarah Padden

Character Name : Mrs. Gardner

Original Name : Sarah Padden

Gender : Female

Charles Sullivan

Character Name : Mike the Prizefighter

Original Name : Charles Sullivan

Gender : Male

Billy Watson

Character Name : Floyd

Original Name : Billy Watson

Gender : Male

Frank Austin

Character Name : Upstairs Tenement Neighbor (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Austin

Gender : Male

Irving Bacon

Character Name : Expectant Father (uncredited)

Original Name : Irving Bacon

Gender : Male

William Bailey

Character Name : Expectant Father of Twins (uncredited)

Original Name : William Bailey

Gender : Male

Jesse De Vorska

Character Name : Expectant Father (uncredited)

Original Name : Jesse De Vorska

Gender : Male

Paul Fix

Character Name : Nervous Expectant Father (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Fix

Gender : Male

Edward Hearn

Character Name : Male Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward Hearn

Gender : Male

Aggie Herring

Character Name : Seamstress (uncredited)

Original Name : Aggie Herring

Gender : Female

Lorin Raker

Character Name : Male Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Lorin Raker

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-04

I don't know that honesty is always the best policy, but I think that this melodrama might have gone much more smoothly for the married "Dorothy" (Sally Eilers) and "Eddie" (James Dunn) if they, especially the latter, had just been a little more upfront with the other. She basically thinks all men are predatory wastrels; he that women just want to shop their way trough life. Despite these obvious misgivings, and because he treats her with almost as much disinterest as she does him, the pair start to quite like each other. She's got a brother who is a controlling pain in the neck, so they come up with a plan to get her married so she's out of his ambit. Swiftly, with a baby looming, he loses his job and desperate times call for desperate measures - all against a tapestry of mistrust and scepticism! There are times when I just wanted to bang their heads together and I took that as a sign that they were all doing their jobs properly. Dunn delivers quite engagingly, especially as the film progresses and his character's inability to simply be honest and less priggish just worsens his problems. It takes a while to get going, but once the dynamic is laid out for us, then this is quite an amiably presented look at the stupidity of human nature and of the breadwinning custom and is well worth ninety minutes - though maybe not if you're headed to a maternity ward anytime soon.