A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love in this vintage cautionary tale.A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love in this vintage cautionary tale.A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love in this vintage cautionary tale.
George Olsen
- Orchestra Leader
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaThe film's written foreword reads, "BROADWAY blazes through the cross currents of the breaking dusk. Its night with the shadows of its menace and cruel sword sweeps down unrelentlessly [sic] and swiftly on helpless souls, They, who lie before her, with their jewelled crowns, its night plunders and turns to flee when welcome dawn comes in across a sleeping sea."
- SoundtracksI'll Be a Friend 'With Pleasure'
Music by Maceo Pinkard
Played instrumentally during the montage sequence of Bessie Love and John Holland going to New York nightclubs
Featured review
It Was Okay
When it comes to those early talkie (a.k.a. Pre-Code) films, some are really good, others are disasters (too many actors couldn't get the hand of speaking on camera) and most are - like this one - okay, fine to pass the time but nothing special.
Bessie love was okay as Helen, a small-town girl who moves to the big city to help support her family (dad's not known for holding a job and would rather partake of prohibited alcohol) and ends up being supported by her boss (Conway Teale), earning herself a swanky apartment and lots of spending money for her work both as mistress and "matchmaker", as she sets up "dates" for his business cohorts. When her hometown beau, Paul (John Holland) proposes when his career prospects look good, she returns home to try and put city life behind her, only to find it won't be so easy.
This film doesn't go all moralistic and neither does it glamorize loose morals. Rather, it has some amusing moments, like Mom and Pop paying a surprise visit and joining the "party", and Mom serves her special lemonade that really IS lemonade, while Pop gets stoned on the real stuff with a couple of party girls!
Like I said, it's okay.
Bessie love was okay as Helen, a small-town girl who moves to the big city to help support her family (dad's not known for holding a job and would rather partake of prohibited alcohol) and ends up being supported by her boss (Conway Teale), earning herself a swanky apartment and lots of spending money for her work both as mistress and "matchmaker", as she sets up "dates" for his business cohorts. When her hometown beau, Paul (John Holland) proposes when his career prospects look good, she returns home to try and put city life behind her, only to find it won't be so easy.
This film doesn't go all moralistic and neither does it glamorize loose morals. Rather, it has some amusing moments, like Mom and Pop paying a surprise visit and joining the "party", and Mom serves her special lemonade that really IS lemonade, while Pop gets stoned on the real stuff with a couple of party girls!
Like I said, it's okay.
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- ldeangelis-75708
- Mar 8, 2023
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- Big City Interlude
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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