Nasa "Dynamite" Springer (Clara Bow) is a free-wheeling, head-strong Texas girl with a violent temper. This film follows her life over the course of many years. Since it's pre-Code it's pretty extreme. The film goes into detail showing her whipping a man, virtually having sex with a dog, having a baby out of wedlock, becoming a prostitute, drug abuse and a really funny cat fight with Thelma Todd. Also there's a sequence in what is pretty obviously a gay bar. The film veers wildly from humor to action to melodrama and feels very uneven. Still it's very short and certainly never dull. Also Bow is excellent in a role which gives her the chance to get as extreme as she wants. This is easily one of the most racy pre-Code pictures out there. It was supposed to be Bow's big box office comeback but the film (for some reason) failed at the box office. Prints are hard to come by but it's out on DVD. If you get a chance watch it. Lots of fun! I give it an 8.
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