I suppose the phrase "Women of Leisure" means prostitutes. I didn't know this before I watched this film, and actually I didn't even look at the title until the movie was almost over. If there was some hint that the girls were prostitutes, it would have made a lot more sense that the man's family didn't want her. Or the fact that Barbara Stanwyk's character was 'burst into tears' in love after only three days with the guy, even though he treated her like hell. The room mate was great. Especially in the restaurant scene when she asked her date if she looked fat, then proceeded to tell the waiter to add gobs and gobs of oil. All in all, you gotta like this movie, and Barbara Stanwyk. How she can attempt suicide by jumping in the harbor and wake up with perfect hair, I'll never know.
Review of Ladies of Leisure
