Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
Bill Walker
- Julian
- (as William Walker)
Leon Alton
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Frank Baker
- Congressional Hearing Spectator
- (uncredited)
Harry Bartell
- Joe
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Congressional Hearing Spectator
- (uncredited)
George Brand
- Senator
- (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
- Joe
- (uncredited)
Roy Butler
- Freddie
- (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
- Bellboy
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Horse Auction Spectator
- (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
- Newspaper Man
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Congressional Hearing Spectator
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Art Cohn
- Adela Rogers St. Johns
- Willard Mack(uncredited)
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- TriviaIn the swimming pool sequence, Fernando Lamas, in his clinging white wet trunks, showed too much "enthusiasm" for Dame Elizabeth Taylor and retakes were required after the rushes were shown.
- GoofsWhen Victor calls Jean by her name just before they leave the Town Club, his mouth movement does not match when he says "Jean".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (1975)
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If you have everything, you can do what you want
MGM producers have taken a routine gangster picture and repackaged it as a melodrama. In this case, they have churned out a more emotional remake of the studio's earlier hit A Free Soul. This time, instead of Clark Gable, suave Fernando Lamas plays a notorious criminal on trial for running an illegal gambling outfit. His lawyer, played by William Powell in the role that earned Lionel Barrymore an Oscar, manages to help him escape prosecution.
Soon, Lamas' character is involved with Powell's daughter (Elizabeth Taylor taking over the part originated by Norma Shearer). To be expected, the lawyer disapproves of the relationship between the unsavory client and his daughter. Feeling he must prevent an impending marriage, he decides to turn the gangster over to the feds.
It is all fairly entertaining, but one has to ask why MGM did not just re-release the original, since it is much better and this is not a Technicolor upgrade. Perhaps it is because the studio that has everything can do what it wants?
Soon, Lamas' character is involved with Powell's daughter (Elizabeth Taylor taking over the part originated by Norma Shearer). To be expected, the lawyer disapproves of the relationship between the unsavory client and his daughter. Feeling he must prevent an impending marriage, he decides to turn the gangster over to the feds.
It is all fairly entertaining, but one has to ask why MGM did not just re-release the original, since it is much better and this is not a Technicolor upgrade. Perhaps it is because the studio that has everything can do what it wants?
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- A Life of Her Own
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- $665,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) officially released in Canada in English?
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