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.

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Bad Girl (1931)

VINA DELMAR'S novel of New York Life

★ 6/10 August 13, 1931 90 min

DramaRomance

Director: Frank Borzage  ·  Writers: Brian Marlow, Rudolf Sieber

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.

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Director

Frank Borzage Frank Borzage

Cast

James Dunn James Dunn Eddie Collins Sally Eilers Sally Eilers Dorothy Haley Minna Gombell Minna Gombell Edna Driggs Frank Darien Frank Darien Lathrop William Pawley William Pawley Jim Haley Claude King Claude King Dr. Burgess Louis Natheaux Louis Natheaux Mr. Thompson Sarah Padden Sarah Padden Mrs. Gardner Charles Sullivan Charles Sullivan Mike the Prizefighter Billy Watson Billy Watson Floyd Frank Austin Frank Austin Upstairs Tenement Neighbor (uncredited) Irving Bacon Irving Bacon Expectant Father (uncredited)

User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf May 4, 2024
★ 7/10

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 t…