Review of Illicit

Illicit (1931)
5/10
Stanwyck saves dull pre-code melodrama.
8 April 2017
"Can romance survive marriage?" Barbara Stanwyck plays a young woman who she and her beau are contemplating marriage, but worry it's going to basically kill their sex life. Although this is a pre-code film, it's not that racy outside of a few moments, such as at a lingerie party (buying, not wearing), when a friend of Stanwyck's states, "Once a girl is headed to the altar, she becomes so conventional." That's about as racy as it gets, although Stanwyck and her beau do have some affectionate scenes that wouldn't fly later with the Hayes Office. Stanwyck elevates this below average film at least average.
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