The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her "career move."
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert Presnell Sr.Screenplay
- Roy Del RuthDirector
Cast
- Warren WilliamKurt Anderson
- Loretta YoungMadeleine Walters West
- Wallace FordMartin West
- Alice WhitePolly Dale
- Hale HamiltonCommodore Franklin Monroe
- Albert GranDenton Ross
- Marjorie GatesonMrs. Hickox
- Ruth DonnellyMiss Hall, Anderson's secretary
- Frank ReicherGarfinkle
- Charles SellonArnold Higgins
- Allen JenkinsSweeney, store detective (uncredited)
- Sam McDanielJanitor at Hotel Balken (uncredited)
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Themes
infidelitydepartment storebeautiful womanfired from the jobpre-codecorporate take overfinancial crisissecret marriagetyrannical bosslife and careerworking girllivin' single