6/10
minor early talkie with one major future superstar
7 April 2024
Laura Murdock (Constance Bennett) and her family are the working poor. She sleeps in the same bed as her two other lookalike sisters. She rejects a marriage proposal from the boy next door. She tries modeling and moves in with older rich advertising tycoon Will Brockton (Adolphe Menjou). She grows distant from her family and becomes a party girl. She falls for newsman Jack Madison and leaves Brockton. Only it's not so easy.

Clark Gable has a small early talkie role. This is almost his first talkie and he is all Gable all superstar. He sounds like Gable and electrifies his scenes. This is fine as a romance drama. It's probably interesting for being an early talkie with some cinephiles. Mostly, it's important for any Clark Gable completist and fans of the superstar.
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