7 /10 1 Votes7
Screenplay by Edwin H. Knopf Director Edwin H. Knopf | 7.1/10 IMDb Produced by E.M. Asher Initial release 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Based on Nice Women, 1929 playby William A Grew Starring Sidney FoxFrances DeeAlan MowbrayLucile GleasonRussell GleasonJames Durkin Cast Similar Strictly Dishonorable, A Lady Surrenders, Working Girls, King of the Jungle, Blood Money | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nice Women is a 1931 American romance film written and directed by Edwin H. Knopf. The film stars Sidney Fox, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason and James Durkin. The film was released on November 28, 1931, by Universal Pictures.
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The film was based on the Broadway play Nice Women by William A. Grew, which opened at the Longacre Theatre on June 10, 1929 and closed in August 1929 after 64 performances.
Plot
A young woman, Jerry Girard (Francis Dee) is pushed by her mother (Lucille Gleason) and family into accepting the marriage proposal of a millionaire, Mark Chandler (Alan Mowbray), who is the employer of her father (James Durkin). To do so, she has to drop the boy she really loves and promised to marry, Billy Wells (Russell Gleason), but her family is seeking to recover from their financial woes and find security. When the millionaire finds out the real situation, he releases her from her vow and gives the young couple a $5000 wedding gift. He then leaves for Europe with an old flame, Dorothy Drew (Carmel Myers).
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Reception
The review in The New York Times called the film a "puerile story of a frustrated romance" and a "sorry affair" caused by "too many studio cooks", and points out "the plain fact of its mediocrity..." The reviewer also reports that the audience seemed indifferent to the film.