Notorious But Nice (1933) [N/A]
Featuring:
Marian Marsh, Betty Compson, Don Dillaway
Written by:
Adeline Leitzbach
Carol Webster
Directed by:
Richard Thorpe
Release Date:
August 4, 1933
Original Title:
Notorious But Nice
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 65
Women Called Her Bad, Men Called Her Good
A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the goodie good girl ends up marrying some scum bag gambler. When the scum bag is shot and killed, the little goodie good is the prime suspect. Can her old beau come to the rescue and save her from the death penalty? Hell, its the least he can do, or is he a scum bag too!
Marian Marsh and Don Dillaway are in love. John St. Polis doesn't like it. Miss Marsh has been employed in his office, on the basis that she came from his home town, but there's no record of anyone by that name. She refuses to speak of her past, and because, St. Polis would like his daughter, Rochelle Hudson to marry the man. So he sends Dillaway out of town for a while, fires her, and blackguards her name throughout the city. Six weeks later, she collapses from hunger, and only Betty Compson stands by her. She gets her a job at the night club she works out, where club owner and gangster J. Carroll Naish falls for her. With Dillaway out of the way, Miss Marsh marries Naish.One evening, Dillaway and Miss Hudson come to the club, where Miss Marsh tries to talk to him. Naish has him thrown out, takes her back to his office and abuses her. From outside, a shot is heard, and when people enter, Naish is dead.It's a bit strained, but it's still a well-performed and produced Poverty Row B picture. Miss Compson has a swell time, chewing gum in court, and Dewey Robinson has a rare sizable role, which he performs well. Even the idiot plotting points turn out to be well motivated. It's no world beater, but it showcases director Richard Thorpe's ability to run an interesting economical production. He would get out of Poverty Row the following year, first at Universal, then a third of a century at MGM, where his efficiency, unusual at that studio, was prized. He would retire in 1967 and die at age 95 in 1991.
