Since this film is in the public domain and there are multiple DVD versions of it out there, my guess is that most prints look like mine (I got it in one of those Mill Creek collections): quite blotchy. Which is a shame, really, because "The Greeks Had A Word For Them" / "Three Broadway Girls" is a fun comedy once you adjust to it. Probably one of the earliest films ever to focus almost exclusively on three female characters, they are played by three fine actresses who make a splendid team: Joan Blondell, Ina Claire and Madge Evans. My favorite is Evans (why is she so little-known?), who projects the kind of sweetness that I've only seen from one other (even lesser-known) actress of that era: Mary Brian. I really cared about her character and I wanted her to be happy. By contrast, Ina Claire plays an unsympathetic character - her whole "pearls trick" certainly crosses the line for a comedy - but she does have some funny moments, the funniest being her whole presence during the reading of a will that she expects to gain from. Despite being made before the infamous "Code", the provocative content of the movie is rather restrained - perhaps the main reason it's not so popular today? **1/2 out of 4.
Review of The Greeks Had a Word for Them
