“Drama that will make you hold your breath. ...Romance that will make you heave it into one big sigh. It's the peppiest show from the Princess of Pep!”
New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.
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Cast
17 people
Alice White
Sheba Miller
Known for
Flamingo Road
Chester Morris
Nickey Solomon
Known for
The Big House
The Divorcee
William Bakewell
Jack
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Richard Carlyle
Pa Miller
Also in
The Valiant
Five Star Final
Marion Byron
Maude
Known for
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Maurice Black
Joe
Known for
Little Caesar
Bonnie Scotland
Lionel Belmore
Morgan
Known for
Frankenstein
The Vampire Bat
Shep Camp
Master of Ceremonies
Also in
Hampton Court Palace
The Song of the Flame
Ann Brody
Mrs. Fennerbeck
Also in
The Sin of Nora Moran
Wolf Song
Nellie V. Nichols
Mrs. Lippincott
Known for
Our Daily Bread
Kernan Cripps
Police Sgt. Mulligan (uncredited)
Also in
Black Friday
Alibi
Rollo Dix
Nickey's Chum at Table (uncredited)
Also in
The Hawk
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Mervyn LeRoy Director · Harvey F. Thew Screenplay Adele Comandini Writer
United States release January 10, 1930 · Produced in United States
Production
First National Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 10, 1930
Theatrical
United States
January 19, 1930 · Theatrical
Spain
August 2, 1931 · Theatrical
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