Three basically decent shop girls all try to fulfill their dream of love, some aspiring for money, some for matrimony, but all in agreement that they want to change their station in life. It's a third pairing of Joan Crawford and Anita Page, joined by Dorothy Sebastian, and it's "Gold Diggers of 1933", "The Greeks Had a Word For Them" and "Girls About Town" with different stars and different studios. Wide-eyed Crawford is the focus, in love with man about town Robert Montgomery, and insisting that it's love, not money, that attracts her. But Page and Sebastian only have their eyes set on men of less noble personalities whose wallet sizes match their egos. It's up to Crawford to guide them to happy endings, even though she isn't so lucky with genuinely nice guy Montgomery whom she suspects is not as serious as he claims to be.
A fashion show 1930 style rivals the 1939 camp-fest of "The Women", although this is in glorious black and white. Like its two predecessors, this is an art deco lovers dream. Like other non- musicals, this results in what becomes a production number, indicating why movie audiences tired of the ballets quite early on in the sound era. The set designs are out of this world, including a huge swimming pool for the fashion show and an even bigger tree House that lights up like a mansion in the sky. The dialog between the three girls, their men and a variety of other store and employers adds humor to the script. Crawford is a lot of fun, and it's nice to see her as the moral compass of the three. Montgomery is perfectly handsome and sincere, a far cry from the other two leading men (Raymond Hackett and John Miljan) who are quite amoral in different ways. A fascinating look at early sound/pre-code Hollywood, and a great look as to why Crawford rose to the top in a very short time.
A fashion show 1930 style rivals the 1939 camp-fest of "The Women", although this is in glorious black and white. Like its two predecessors, this is an art deco lovers dream. Like other non- musicals, this results in what becomes a production number, indicating why movie audiences tired of the ballets quite early on in the sound era. The set designs are out of this world, including a huge swimming pool for the fashion show and an even bigger tree House that lights up like a mansion in the sky. The dialog between the three girls, their men and a variety of other store and employers adds humor to the script. Crawford is a lot of fun, and it's nice to see her as the moral compass of the three. Montgomery is perfectly handsome and sincere, a far cry from the other two leading men (Raymond Hackett and John Miljan) who are quite amoral in different ways. A fascinating look at early sound/pre-code Hollywood, and a great look as to why Crawford rose to the top in a very short time.