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Red-Headed Woman
Why this pick
Like Possessed, it is a sharp Pre-Code portrait of a working-class woman pursuing security and status through desire, with franker cynicism and an equally glamorous urban edge.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1931 1h 16m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Forbidden
Why this pick
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Back Street
Why this pick
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Midnight Mary
Why this pick
A tough young woman’s attempt to escape her circumstances gives this Pre-Code drama the same mix of romantic vulnerability, economic pressure, and brisk early-sound Hollywood directness.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Marian Martin (Joan Crawford) is a factory girl living with her mother in the working class section of Erie, Pennsylvania. Factory boy Al Manning (Wallace Ford) hopes to marry her, but Marian is determined to find a better life. When a train makes a stop in town, Marian looks through the windows and sees the wealthy passengers. She then makes the acquaintance of one of the train passengers, Wally Stuart (Richard "Skeets" Gallagher), a New York City who gives her champagne and writes down his address, telling her to look him up if she ever makes it to New York. Marian, now tipsy from the champagne, happily returns home. Giggling, she tells Al and her mother that she was drinking down by the railroad tracks.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Marjorie White
Vernice LaVerne
John Miljan
John Driscoll
Wallace Ford
Al Manning
Joan Crawford
Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Clark Gable
Mark Whitney