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Big Business Girl

 
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Big Business Girl

 
  • Director: William Seiter
  • AMG Rating: star
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Workplace Comedy, Screwball Comedy
  • Themes: Success is the Best Revenge, Love Triangles, Crumbling Marriages
  • Main Cast: Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell
  • Release Year: 1931
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 72 minutes

Plot

Loretta Young briefly contemplates using her sexual allure to get ahead in business in this sometimes frank but ultimately old-fashioned comedy-drama from Warner Bros. Packing her new husband, bandleader Johnny Saunders (Frank Albertson), off to Paris, Claire McIntyre (Young) sets her sight on her boss, wolfish advertising maven Robert J. Clayton (Ricardo Cortez). The latter's clumsy attempt to seduce the girl is interrupted by an enraged Johnny, however, and Claire comes to her senses. But Clayton doesn't take no for an answer and concocts a plan to sabotage the union. Big Business Girl was based on a College Humor magazine story by Patricia Reilly and H.N. Swanson. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Review

Although fairly progressive by 1931 standards, Big Business Girl's Loretta Young finally does give up career advancements and Ricardo Cortez in favor of love and marriage. Not that anyone can blame her; Cortez is just too smooth to be trustworthy and surrounds himself with such tarnished angels as Joan Blondell. The latter actually provides the little comedy-drama's brightest moments playing one of those daffy gold-diggers that became her early specialty. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Cast

Dorothy Christy - Mrs. Emery; Mickey Bennett - Joe; Bobby Gordon - Messenger Boy; Nancy Dover - Sarah Ellen; Virginia Sale - Sally Curtis; Oscar Apfel - Walter Morley; Jack Albertson; Frank Darien - Luke Winters; Emma Dunn

Credit

William Seiter - Director, Peter Frisch - Editor, Sol Polito - Cinematographer, H.N. Swanson - Screen Story, Robert Lord - Screenwriter, Patricia Reilly - Short Story Author

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