The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 3m.
Synopsis
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
75 audience votes
Key crew
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- Lucien HubbardScreenplay
Cast
- Joan BlondellMary Keaton
- Ann DvorakVivian Revere
- Bette DavisRuth Westcott
- Virginia DavisMary Keaton as a Child
- Anne ShirleyVivian Revere as a Child
- Betty CarseRuth Westcott as a Child
- Warren WilliamRobert Kirkwood
- Lyle TalbotMichael Loftus
- Humphrey BogartHarve
- Allen JenkinsDick
- Edward ArnoldAce
- Hardie AlbrightPhil
Stills
Themes
infidelitykidnappingdrug addictiondesertionpre-codeschoolmateschild neglect