Summary
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage her other admirers. Fleeing in his car, Jack ends up in an urban block party where he meets you-know-who.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.5
Audience score56%
Running time
2 h 1 min
Longer than most comedies, +21 min on the typical 100
typical 100121Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1929
December 25, 1929
97 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 8 more12 people
- Janet GaynorMolly Carr
- Charles FarrellJack Cromwell
- Marjorie WhiteBea Nichols
- El BrendelEric Swenson
- Mary ForbesMrs. Cromwell
- Jackie CooperJerry McGinnis (uncredited)
- Henry ArmettaItalian Husband (uncredited)
- Peter GawthorneLake the Butler
Sharon LynnJane Worth
Dannie Mac GrantLittle Boy (uncredited)- JBJoe BrownJoe Vitto
Frank RichardsonEddie Rafferty
Directing · 1
- David Butler Director, Producer
Writing · 3
- Lew Brown Writer
- Ray Henderson Story
- Buddy G. DeSylva Story, Producer
Production · 1
- Sol M. Wurtzel Executive Producer
Camera · 2
- Ernest Palmer Director of Photography
- John Schmitz Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Irene Morra Editor
Sound · 1
- Joseph E. Aiken Sound
Art · 1
- Harry Oliver Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Sophie Wachner Costume Design
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