Our Blushing Brides (1930)
** (out of 4)
Third film in the (name only) trilogy has Joan Crawford, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian playing girlfriends working together in a department store and sharing the same apartment. The three women discuss the hopes of one day finding rich men to marry. Page and Sebastian will stop at nothing to find a rich one whereas Crawford has more morals and tries to do things the correct way. While this film doesn't work as good as the previous two, it's still a fairly entertaining movie that manages to have some great actors doing nice work to bring a rather predictable story to life. The biggest problem with the film is its rather weak story that isn't strong enough to carry a 101-minute film and there's also the horrid ending, which really kills the film but I won't ruin it for anybody. What works best are the performances with Crawford once again shining as the good girl who must keep her moral high ground even when those around her are taking an easier path. Crawford makes the character her own and does a nice job with it. Page steals the film as one of the bad girls who gets herself in a bad situation with the expected outcome. Sebastian is also very good in her small role as is Robert Montgomery, Raymond Hackett and John Miljan as the men in the women's lives. Other good things including the sound, which is actually the best I've heard in an early talkie. Listening the the crisp dialogue will have you forgetting how young this movie was in the sound game. Another plus are some nice pre-code moments, which includes plenty of legs and scantly clad women including Crawford. Some nice dialogue rounds things off but one still wishes the screenplay was better.
** (out of 4)
Third film in the (name only) trilogy has Joan Crawford, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian playing girlfriends working together in a department store and sharing the same apartment. The three women discuss the hopes of one day finding rich men to marry. Page and Sebastian will stop at nothing to find a rich one whereas Crawford has more morals and tries to do things the correct way. While this film doesn't work as good as the previous two, it's still a fairly entertaining movie that manages to have some great actors doing nice work to bring a rather predictable story to life. The biggest problem with the film is its rather weak story that isn't strong enough to carry a 101-minute film and there's also the horrid ending, which really kills the film but I won't ruin it for anybody. What works best are the performances with Crawford once again shining as the good girl who must keep her moral high ground even when those around her are taking an easier path. Crawford makes the character her own and does a nice job with it. Page steals the film as one of the bad girls who gets herself in a bad situation with the expected outcome. Sebastian is also very good in her small role as is Robert Montgomery, Raymond Hackett and John Miljan as the men in the women's lives. Other good things including the sound, which is actually the best I've heard in an early talkie. Listening the the crisp dialogue will have you forgetting how young this movie was in the sound game. Another plus are some nice pre-code moments, which includes plenty of legs and scantly clad women including Crawford. Some nice dialogue rounds things off but one still wishes the screenplay was better.