Summary
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Good for
- Friends night
- Background watch
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.8
Audience score57%
Running time
58 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −51 min on the typical 109
typical 10958Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1932
May 4, 1932
94 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 30 more45 people
- Lew AyresMichael Rand
- Mae ClarkeRuth Taylor
- Boris Karloff'Happy' MacDonald
- Dorothy RevierJill MacDonald
- Russell HoptonKlauss
- Hedda HopperMrs. Rand
- Clarence MuseTim Washington, the Doorman
- Dorothy PetersonEdith Blair
Bert RoachTommy
George RaftEd Powell
Gene MorganJoe
Huntley GordonJim
Robert Emmett O'ConnorThe Policeman
Arletta DuncanCigarette Girl- AAAlice AdairChorine (uncredited)
Frank BealBit (uncredited)
Louise BeaversMaid (uncredited)
Billy BletcherNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sammy BlumSalesman (uncredited)- ECEdna CallahanChorus Girl (uncredited)
Helene ChadwickNightclub Patron (uncredited)
André CheronFrenchman from Schenectady (uncredited)- FFFrankie FarrTrick Waiter (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerMr. Baby / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Hobart Henley Director
Writing · 3
- Richard Schayer Screenplay
- Allen Rivkin Story
- P.J. Wolfson Story
Production · 1
- Carl Laemmle Jr. Producer
Camera · 1
- Merritt B. Gerstad Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ted J. Kent Editor
Sound · 1
- Alfred Newman Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- John Hughes Art Direction
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