Top billed cast

1. 

   Richard Dix

   Bruce Foster

2. 

   Elizabeth Allan

   Peggy Wilson

3. 

   Doris Kenyon

   Adrienne Deane

4. 

   Alan Dinehart

   "Perk" Perkins

5. 

   David Landau

   Mr. Zimmer

6. 

   Hobart Cavanaugh

   Smith

7. 

   Hilda Vaughn

   Fanny Olmstead, Foster's Secretary

8. 

   Charles Cahill Wilson

   Red Moran, City Desk Editor

9. 

   Jean Acker

   Adrienne's Maid

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Reviews

A review by Frank F

Written by Frank F on 2018-03-02

An enjoyable film that has a few pre-code themes that would have required a few changes if filmed a year or two later. Bruce Foster (Dix) is brilliant, but also a failure. A failure to the bottle, a failure at marriage and a failure at work. In a drunken stupor he meets Peggy Wilson (Allan), who is also a recent failure, eyeing him in the bar. She is a failure as an artist and love, broke, far from home and near desperation. They strike up a friendship and understanding.

Bruce stumbles into an advertising job, bringing Peggy along with him. They both succeed, at least for a while. At this ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• suicide
• open relationship
• advertising
• fired from the job
• pre-code
• cosmetics