I've probably watched close to two hundred movies from the 30's and I'm still picking up more and more era specific societal rules and values. I've found that high society folks aren't supposed to be jealous of their S. O. whenever they're spending time with a potential paramour, making love does NOT mean sex, and "Street Girl" has shown me that if a man invests any time and money in a woman then she's his.
A piano player named Mike Fall (John Harron) found a hungry and homeless Aregonian woman named Frederika Joyzelle (Betty Compson) on his stoop one evening. Mike brought her upstairs to his flat he shared with his bandmates and gave Frederika food and shelter. He was protective of her from the very start, but who would've thought his little gesture of kindness would mean that he then had the right to be jealous of her from then on. Mike hated the prince of Aregon because Freddie spoke so highly of him and he didn't even know the guy.
Frederika, with her thick Aregonian accent and humble dress, decided to repay Mike and his band, the Four Seasons, by booking them a gig at a restaurant called Little Aregon. The boys took the gig and Freddie served cigarettes (another era specific trend--going table to table selling cigarettes).
When the prince of Aregon, Prince Nicholaus (Ivan Lebedeff), visited the restaurant the proprietor, Keppel (Joseph Cawthorn), wanted to put on the best show. He had Freddie play an Aregonian number on the violin and she crushed it. She was so good that the prince broke decorum and kissed her on the forehead. The print media went wild, Keppel was excited, Freddie was delighted, and Mike was green with envy. He didn't want anyone kissing her but him.
Mind you, they were not an item. To this point he showed her kindness and expressed interest in Freddie, and she got them a gig that paid more money. It was a good exchange, but nothing to suggest that Freddie belonged to him. The kiss was such a sensation that people were lining up to visit Little Aregon and see the woman that the prince kissed, which meant more money for the band of course. Mike was so bent out of shape he couldn't even enjoy the fact that his band was going to finally make some decent money.
At this point in the movie I liked Freddie a lot and Mike could've kicked rocks. Freddie was charming, honest, and she did a lot for the four men that gave her shelter. Mike was a petulant child who played piano.
There was one time I didn't like Freddie, or at least I didn't like her mindset.
As a result of the prince's kiss his country became a republic. It was teetering that way already and the prime minister used the kiss as a tool to make it happen. The prince lost his position and would have to retire to civilian life. Because of this Freddie was very bothered. She was so bothered that she didn't want to sign a new lease for a better restaurant--a venue she had personally chosen. I was thinking, "Don't go screwy on me now Freddie. Don't ruin a good thing because things didn't work out for the prince."
Freddie and Mike would go on to get engaged, but the problems weren't over. Clearly, Freddie couldn't see that if Mike was behaving like that before they were together he'd only get worse once they were.
"Street Girl" was tainted by the romance only because the romance was between a hard-working woman and a child. I don't care to see a grown baby pouting around fretting over everything his S. O. does when she's working hard for him.
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A piano player named Mike Fall (John Harron) found a hungry and homeless Aregonian woman named Frederika Joyzelle (Betty Compson) on his stoop one evening. Mike brought her upstairs to his flat he shared with his bandmates and gave Frederika food and shelter. He was protective of her from the very start, but who would've thought his little gesture of kindness would mean that he then had the right to be jealous of her from then on. Mike hated the prince of Aregon because Freddie spoke so highly of him and he didn't even know the guy.
Frederika, with her thick Aregonian accent and humble dress, decided to repay Mike and his band, the Four Seasons, by booking them a gig at a restaurant called Little Aregon. The boys took the gig and Freddie served cigarettes (another era specific trend--going table to table selling cigarettes).
When the prince of Aregon, Prince Nicholaus (Ivan Lebedeff), visited the restaurant the proprietor, Keppel (Joseph Cawthorn), wanted to put on the best show. He had Freddie play an Aregonian number on the violin and she crushed it. She was so good that the prince broke decorum and kissed her on the forehead. The print media went wild, Keppel was excited, Freddie was delighted, and Mike was green with envy. He didn't want anyone kissing her but him.
Mind you, they were not an item. To this point he showed her kindness and expressed interest in Freddie, and she got them a gig that paid more money. It was a good exchange, but nothing to suggest that Freddie belonged to him. The kiss was such a sensation that people were lining up to visit Little Aregon and see the woman that the prince kissed, which meant more money for the band of course. Mike was so bent out of shape he couldn't even enjoy the fact that his band was going to finally make some decent money.
At this point in the movie I liked Freddie a lot and Mike could've kicked rocks. Freddie was charming, honest, and she did a lot for the four men that gave her shelter. Mike was a petulant child who played piano.
There was one time I didn't like Freddie, or at least I didn't like her mindset.
As a result of the prince's kiss his country became a republic. It was teetering that way already and the prime minister used the kiss as a tool to make it happen. The prince lost his position and would have to retire to civilian life. Because of this Freddie was very bothered. She was so bothered that she didn't want to sign a new lease for a better restaurant--a venue she had personally chosen. I was thinking, "Don't go screwy on me now Freddie. Don't ruin a good thing because things didn't work out for the prince."
Freddie and Mike would go on to get engaged, but the problems weren't over. Clearly, Freddie couldn't see that if Mike was behaving like that before they were together he'd only get worse once they were.
"Street Girl" was tainted by the romance only because the romance was between a hard-working woman and a child. I don't care to see a grown baby pouting around fretting over everything his S. O. does when she's working hard for him.
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