A maid's dreams come true - except they are not quite what she expected.A maid's dreams come true - except they are not quite what she expected.A maid's dreams come true - except they are not quite what she expected.
Ted Billings
- Napoleon
- (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
- Cigar Stand Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
- Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Francis Ford
- Insane Asylum Warden
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- Trivia[According to Lew Ayres in a 1985 interview] Mr. Whale had a reputation as an outstanding director, but I feel he was more or less accustomed to actors with considerable more polish than I possessed at the time. Yet, I was the young man under contract to the studio, and he had me thrust upon him... I tried to do my job, and he said little or anything to me one way or other. Frankly, I don't think he thought I was correctly cast for the part.
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Extremely odd.
What an odd film for James Whale to follow up "Frankenstein" with!
This is a strange little romantic drama, about a woman in love with a young doctor. Because he can't support her financially he leaves her,and she becomes a "kept" woman when she takes up with her wealthy lawyer boss.
At once cynical and romantic, it's hard to work out what the point of the whole thing is. Una Merkel is lots of fun though, and Ethel Griffies nearly steals the picture. And the young and beautiful Lew Ayres is lovingly filmed by Whale. The film also demonstrates what a fine actress Mae Clarke was, and how she deserved better material as she grew older.
In all an unusual and entertaining film from a great director, but also a baffling one.
This is a strange little romantic drama, about a woman in love with a young doctor. Because he can't support her financially he leaves her,and she becomes a "kept" woman when she takes up with her wealthy lawyer boss.
At once cynical and romantic, it's hard to work out what the point of the whole thing is. Una Merkel is lots of fun though, and Ethel Griffies nearly steals the picture. And the young and beautiful Lew Ayres is lovingly filmed by Whale. The film also demonstrates what a fine actress Mae Clarke was, and how she deserved better material as she grew older.
In all an unusual and entertaining film from a great director, but also a baffling one.
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- David-240
- Feb 2, 2002
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- Budget
- $225,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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