"Expensive Women" is a 1931 Pre-Code talking film drama directed by silent-film veteran Hobart Henley and stars Dolores Costello. It was Costello's final film as a leading lady and star for Warners, with which she had been since 1925.
If you are looking for a fast-moving thriller, you should probably just skip this one. Expensive Women is for the person who likes to sit in a dark room and imagine what it was like to wear a fur coat in 1931. It is for people who don't mind a movie that feels like it was filmed inside a very quiet library. If you ha...
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"If you are looking for a fast-moving thriller, you should probably just skip this one. Expensive Women is for the person who likes to sit in a dark room and imagine what it was like to wear a fur coat in 1931. It is for people who don't mind a movie that feels like it was filmed inside a very quiet library. If you hate slow talkies where people stand perfectly still so the microphone can hear them, you will absolutely despise this. I watched this because of Dolores Costello. She was the "Godd..."
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Wilson Collison, Harvey F. Thew, Raymond Griffith
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