Bed of Roses (1933) is a pre-Code comedy film co-written and directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Constance Bennett. The picture was released by RKO Radio Pictures with a supporting cast featuring Joel McCrea and Pert Kelton.
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Plot and production background
Lorry (Constance Bennett) and Minnie (Pert Kelton) portray a pair of rollickingly wanton prostitutes who occasionally get hapless male admirers drunk before robbing them. After being released from a Louisiana jail they head downriver on a steamboat. Lorry steals $60, and when she is cornered, she jumps ship. She is rescued by cotton barge skipper Dan (Joel McCrea) but she robs him, too. In New Orleans, she tricks publishing magnate Stephen (John Halliday) into getting drunk and blackmails him into lavishly providing for her. She returns to the cotton barge and repays Dan his "loan" and they fall in love. Stephen threatens to expose her past, causing her to leave him but not to return to Dan, whom she had agreed to marry. When Stephen cannot persuade her to return to him, he realizes that she really does love Dan, and he brings about their reunion with the help of the now-married Minnie.
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Cast
- Constance Bennett as Lorry Evans
- Joel McCrea as Dan
- John Halliday as Stephen Paige
- Pert Kelton as Minnie Brown Oglethorpe
- Samuel S. Hinds as Father Doran (as Samuel Hinds)
- Franklin Pangborn as Floorwalker
- Tom Francis as Salesman
References
External links
- Bed of Roses at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Bed of Roses on IMDb
Source of article : Wikipedia
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