A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.
Edward J. Nugent
- Bill Merrick
- (as Eddie Nugent)
Isabel Jewell
- Hortense
- (as Isobel Jewell)
Charley Grapewin
- Freddy Gordon
- (as Charles Grapewin)
Ernie Alexander
- Real Estate Agent
- (uncredited)
Florence Auer
- Madame Sonia Customer
- (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
- Mrs. Fletcher
- (uncredited)
Elise Cavanna
- Hat Saleslady
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to an article in the July 12, 1933 edition of Film Daily, Gilbert Roland had been cast for the role of Robert Abbott that was eventually played by John Roche.
- GoofsWhen Sherwood is talking to his wife, about a half hour into the picture, he picks up the cocktail shaker twice between shots.
- Quotes
[Overheard talking to another salon patron while walking through the salon]
Older Patron of Madame Sonia's Salon: You can't tell me she has to sit on my husband's lap to take dictation!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Fugitive Lovers (1934)
Featured review
The Past is a Foreign Country: they do things differently there.
This is a superb dramatic film, one of the best of this type. It gives one of the best insights into how the attitudes of the early 30s were so different from those of today. It's also exceptionally well made with excellent direction, acting and writing making it thoroughly engaging and entertaining.
There were a few films made about this time with very similar themes: THREE ON A MATCH, THREE WISE GIRLS for example showing how three young women could survive in the big nasty city. The only way many of them could survive was to get themselves a man, a husband or someone else's husband - for so many there just wasn't a choice. To us, the 1930s might seem a magical and exciting time to visit for an hour and a half but it would be unimaginably horrible if we had to live there.
This picture would look good on the big screen, it's such a beautifully made and imaginatively photographed picture. You can see how much care and effort went into making every scene perfect. The lighting, the framing, the sets are just right. Also, you'll notice that it's not just the actors doing their lines who are acting (one flaw apparent in many early 30s movies) the facial expressions and reactions from everyone in frame are all perfect. This is film-making way ahead of its time. One thing which makes this a little bit special is its director Richard Boleslawski. He had run the first acting school in America teaching Stanislavski's technique which evolved into what became known as "method acting" as beloved by Brando and co. Many years later. The naturalism and realistic performances make this film feel a more modern than so many early talkies but even so, it actually manages to capture and convey to us the feel of the 1930s even stronger. It's a shame Boleslawski died young or he would have been much more well known today.
Besides benefiting from a director ahead of his time, top cinematographer James Wong Howe and high production standards courtesy of MGM, the cast and also top notch - even Philips Holmes! Madge Evans, who'd been in movies since childhood is outstanding - she gives such an authentic, relatable and believable performance. She's one of those people whose acting is so good, it's not acting.
Of those similar films tracing the lives of three different types of girl struggling to survive in the city, this picture isn't quite as engrossing as THREE ON A MATCH but still packs a punch. It's a hundred times better than THREE WISE GIRLS but that's mainly because this doesn't have Jean Harlow in it! SHE HAD TO SAY YES however, although about one rather than three girls is the most shocking, jaw-dropping insight into how alien to us the times were back then.
There were a few films made about this time with very similar themes: THREE ON A MATCH, THREE WISE GIRLS for example showing how three young women could survive in the big nasty city. The only way many of them could survive was to get themselves a man, a husband or someone else's husband - for so many there just wasn't a choice. To us, the 1930s might seem a magical and exciting time to visit for an hour and a half but it would be unimaginably horrible if we had to live there.
This picture would look good on the big screen, it's such a beautifully made and imaginatively photographed picture. You can see how much care and effort went into making every scene perfect. The lighting, the framing, the sets are just right. Also, you'll notice that it's not just the actors doing their lines who are acting (one flaw apparent in many early 30s movies) the facial expressions and reactions from everyone in frame are all perfect. This is film-making way ahead of its time. One thing which makes this a little bit special is its director Richard Boleslawski. He had run the first acting school in America teaching Stanislavski's technique which evolved into what became known as "method acting" as beloved by Brando and co. Many years later. The naturalism and realistic performances make this film feel a more modern than so many early talkies but even so, it actually manages to capture and convey to us the feel of the 1930s even stronger. It's a shame Boleslawski died young or he would have been much more well known today.
Besides benefiting from a director ahead of his time, top cinematographer James Wong Howe and high production standards courtesy of MGM, the cast and also top notch - even Philips Holmes! Madge Evans, who'd been in movies since childhood is outstanding - she gives such an authentic, relatable and believable performance. She's one of those people whose acting is so good, it's not acting.
Of those similar films tracing the lives of three different types of girl struggling to survive in the city, this picture isn't quite as engrossing as THREE ON A MATCH but still packs a punch. It's a hundred times better than THREE WISE GIRLS but that's mainly because this doesn't have Jean Harlow in it! SHE HAD TO SAY YES however, although about one rather than three girls is the most shocking, jaw-dropping insight into how alien to us the times were back then.
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- 1930s_Time_Machine
- May 11, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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