Anne Holt (Carole Lombard) was a spoiled rich girl who fell in love with a middle class lawyer of strong character and I don't believe it.
I'm not a believer.
She wasn't in love; nor was Constance Cummings in "Night After Night," or Miriam Hopkins in "Fast and Loose," or Dorothy Mackaill in "Kept Husbands," or Jean Harlow in "Platinum Blonde" or, again, Carole Lombard in "I Take This Woman." No, in all of these cases the woman was either intrigued and excited by something different, or they wanted what it looked like they couldn't have, and they all called it love.
"Kept Husbands" (1931) was the most identical to "No More Orchids" (NMO). In "Kept Husbands" Dorothy Mackaill's character was a spoiled rich girl who always got what she wanted and she wanted Joel McCrea, a man with too much integrity to go for a rich brat like Dorothy.
In NMO Anne Holt is a spoiled rich girl who gets everything she wants and she wanted Tony Gage (Lyle Talbot), a man with too much sense to be Anne's plaything which made her want him more. And like Dorothy in "Kept Husbands," Anne got her man--even though there was some additional drama.
The thing about NMO for me is that it's just another high society romance movie. There were soooooo many of them in the '30's they all start to blend together. What makes NMO special? What distinguishes it? Nothing really. Carole Lombard was OK and Lyle Talbot held his own, but the characters were weak.
I'm not a believer.
She wasn't in love; nor was Constance Cummings in "Night After Night," or Miriam Hopkins in "Fast and Loose," or Dorothy Mackaill in "Kept Husbands," or Jean Harlow in "Platinum Blonde" or, again, Carole Lombard in "I Take This Woman." No, in all of these cases the woman was either intrigued and excited by something different, or they wanted what it looked like they couldn't have, and they all called it love.
"Kept Husbands" (1931) was the most identical to "No More Orchids" (NMO). In "Kept Husbands" Dorothy Mackaill's character was a spoiled rich girl who always got what she wanted and she wanted Joel McCrea, a man with too much integrity to go for a rich brat like Dorothy.
In NMO Anne Holt is a spoiled rich girl who gets everything she wants and she wanted Tony Gage (Lyle Talbot), a man with too much sense to be Anne's plaything which made her want him more. And like Dorothy in "Kept Husbands," Anne got her man--even though there was some additional drama.
The thing about NMO for me is that it's just another high society romance movie. There were soooooo many of them in the '30's they all start to blend together. What makes NMO special? What distinguishes it? Nothing really. Carole Lombard was OK and Lyle Talbot held his own, but the characters were weak.