The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Dorothy ArznerDirector
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- Rudolph G. KoppOriginal Music Composer
- Edwin Justus MayerScreenplay
Cast
- Sylvia SidneyJoan Prentice
- Fredric MarchJerry Corbett
- Adrianne AllenClaire Hempstead
- Richard 'Skeets' GallagherBuck
- George IrvingMr. Prentice
- Esther HowardVi
- Florence BrittonCharlcie
- Charles ColemanRichard Damery
- Cary GrantCharlie Baxter
- Kent TaylorGreg Boleslavsky
- Robert GreigBaritone Bartender (uncredited)
- Ernie AdamsReporter (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
ex-loveralcoholismplaywrightmistressheiressgossip columnistpre-codeopen marriagewoman directorstage actressadulterous affairunconventional arrangement