The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own advertising agency and helps him land his first client. Bill's former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and heats up their old romance. Wife and girlfriend struggle over Bill.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Lillie HaywardScreenplay
- Manuel SeffScreenplay
- Alfred E. GreenDirector
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George BrentWilliam H. Reynolds
- Ann DvorakNan Reynolds
- Bette DavisPatricia Berkeley
- John HallidayPaul Duprey
- Ruth DonnellyDora Wilson
- Hobart CavanaughGeorge Wilson
- Robert BarratSam Blake
- Joseph CawthornKrueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
- Phil Regan"Mike Hathaway", Radio Singer
- Willard RobertsonJudge Edwin A. Matthews
- Ronnie CosbyBuddy Reynolds
- Leila BennettJenny
Stills
Themes
love trianglemarriage crisisloversuccessclientinspirationlovebusinessadvertisingdivorceold flameextramarital affair