Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.
Samuel S. Hinds
- Father Doran
- (as Samuel Hinds)
Tom Herbert
- Salesman Ogelthorpe
- (as Tom Francis)
Wade Boteler
- River Boat Purser
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- River Boat Steward
- (uncredited)
Jane Darwell
- Mrs. Webster - Head Prison Matron
- (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
- Hoyt - Paige's Secretary
- (uncredited)
John Larkin
- Man Meeting Released Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
- Mr. Jones
- (uncredited)
Eileen Percy
- Woman
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
George Reed
- Alice - Dan's Shipboard Cook
- (uncredited)
Mildred Washington
- Genevieve - Lorry's Maid
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe last of four films co-starring Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea, along with Born to Love (1931), The Common Law (1931), and Rockabye (1932).
- GoofsWhen Lorry is in her room on the steamboat, there is a fur coat on the top bunker resting up against the bedpost. On the following cuts, the orientation of the coat keeps changing. The matching hat on the top bunker also changes orientation.
- Quotes
Mrs. Webster - Head Prison Matron: As Head Matron of his Institution, in all my experience, I have never come...
Lorry Evans: Save your wind, save your wind, you might want to go sailing sometime.
- SoundtracksYou're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline
(1903) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Armstrong
Lyric by Richard H. Gerard
Sung a cappella and offscreen by Matt McHugh and Pert Kelton
Featured review
precode - and a young Pert Kelton!
Constance Bennett stars with Joel McCrea, Pert Kelton, and John Halliday in "Bed of Roses" from 1933.
Bennett and Kelton are Lorrie and Minnie, two prostitutes who are released from prison and go looking for money - even if they have to steal it. On board ship, Lorrie is accused of stealing (which she has) and threatens to jump overboard. Then she does.
As luck would have it, she swims to a ship carrying cotton, the crew led by Dan (Joel McCrea). This could only happen to Constance Bennett. The two of them are attracted to one another; she steals money from him and takes off. Somehow she gets to shore.
Donning a new wardrobe, Lorrie talks her way into the office of a publisher (John Halliday) and pretty soon gets him drunk and makes him think he's compromised her. He sets her up in a gorgeous apartment, and she has all kinds of money and servants. But her heart is on the cotton barge.
This is a very enjoyable film with both Bennett and Kelton turning in wonderful performances. Pert talks like Mae West and is very funny; the usually sophisticated Bennett can sound tough when she needs to. Joel McCrea is adorable, with that dreamy naivete that made him so appealing.
All in all, recommended.
Bennett and Kelton are Lorrie and Minnie, two prostitutes who are released from prison and go looking for money - even if they have to steal it. On board ship, Lorrie is accused of stealing (which she has) and threatens to jump overboard. Then she does.
As luck would have it, she swims to a ship carrying cotton, the crew led by Dan (Joel McCrea). This could only happen to Constance Bennett. The two of them are attracted to one another; she steals money from him and takes off. Somehow she gets to shore.
Donning a new wardrobe, Lorrie talks her way into the office of a publisher (John Halliday) and pretty soon gets him drunk and makes him think he's compromised her. He sets her up in a gorgeous apartment, and she has all kinds of money and servants. But her heart is on the cotton barge.
This is a very enjoyable film with both Bennett and Kelton turning in wonderful performances. Pert talks like Mae West and is very funny; the usually sophisticated Bennett can sound tough when she needs to. Joel McCrea is adorable, with that dreamy naivete that made him so appealing.
All in all, recommended.
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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