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A woman is sent to a reformatory when her con artist lover flees after killing a man during a botched blackmail scheme.
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Ruby
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Eddie
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Al
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Bertha
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Slim
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Sadie
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Miss Tuttle
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Maizie
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Mrs. Wagner
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Miss Davis
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Elite Club Attendant (uncredited)
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Police Sergeant at Reformatory (uncredited)
Bobby Caldwell ...
Ruby & Eddie's Son (uncredited)
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Miss Campbell (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Phil Dunn (uncredited)
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Miss Willard - Reformatory Matron (uncredited)
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Policeman Arresting Ruby (uncredited)
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Miss Allen (uncredited)
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Lily Mae Crippen (uncredited)
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Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
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Mrs. Gargan (uncredited)
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Porter at Train Station (uncredited)
Eva McKenzie ...
Reformatory Cooking Teacher (uncredited)
Caroline Newell ...
Girl (uncredited)
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Elite Club Dance Patron (uncredited)
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Reverend Crippen (uncredited)
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Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
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Minister at Reformatory (uncredited)
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Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
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Elite Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Policeman at Reformatory (uncredited)
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Reformatory Matron (uncredited)
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Clergyman in Alternate Version (uncredited)

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Sam Wood ... (uncredited)

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Anita Loos ... (screen play) and
Howard Emmett Rogers ... (screen play)
 
Anita Loos ... (from a story by)
 
Frances Marion ... () (uncredited)

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Bernard H. Hyman ... producer (uncredited)
Sam Wood ... producer

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Harold Rosson ... (photographed by)

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Frank Sullivan

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Merrill Pye

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Adrian ... (gowns)

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Edwin B. Willis ... interior decorator
Nolan Hurst ... props (uncredited)
Eric Rohman ... poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

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Ed Bhinney ... grip (uncredited)
A.W. Brown ... gaffer (uncredited)
Harry Parkins ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Frank Tanner ... still photographer (uncredited)
Dick Wade ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Lester White ... second camera operator (uncredited)

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William Axt ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
David Snell ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Eddie Hall and his partner Slim are a pair of nickel-and-dime con men on the hustle. Nearly caught by the police, Eddie ducks into Ruby Adams's apartment and convinces her to hide him. Ruby isn't averse to taking advantage of the gullible herself and has even tried to manipulate money out of Al, the square shooter from Cincinnati who adores her. Ruby and Eddie hit it off, but when Eddie accidentally kills a drunk who was pawing Ruby, he takes off and she ends up in a women's reformatory, where she discovers she is pregnant. Devastated at the thought that Eddie has deserted her, she doesn't realize that Eddie has undergone a great change--one that will have a powerful impact on her. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines Two Dynamite-Charged Personalities! They clash! They clinch! A platinum cyclone meets a dimpled hurricane! And you go into a whirl! (Print Ad-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,((Pittsburgh, Penna.)) 7 July 1933) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Black Orange Blossoms (United States)
  • He Was Her Man (United States)
  • Nora (United States)
  • Dans tes bras (France)
  • Ganovenbraut (Germany)
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  • 87 min
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Budget $266,000 (estimated)

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Trivia When Eddie is looking around Ruby's apartment, waiting for his clothes to dry, he spots a pennant on the wall that says "Albany Night Boat." That refers to the steamships that would depart New York City in the early evening for an overnight trip up the Hudson River to Albany. The ships had hundreds of staterooms and often were used---as the film's contemporary audience would know---for romantic getaways or illicit affairs. The pillow Eddie sees next also may have been a souvenir from the ship, as it's inscribed, "We're here to-day/To-morrow we're through/So let's be gay/It is up to you." Such trips peaked in the early 20th century, but started to decline in the 1930s when less costly, speedier, and more efficient modes of transportation by rail and automobile came to the fore. By the 1940s, the Albany Night Boat had virtually ceased to exist. See more »
Goofs Everyone pronounces Cincinnati as "Cincinnata." Even as a dialect choice it makes no sense, as none of the characters seem to originate from the same place. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Bombshell (1933). See more »
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Quotes Eddie: You think you're a smart dame, don't ya?
Ruby: Well, I'm out here, and you're in there.
[referring to jail]
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