A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride..
If you want to see Barbara Stanwyck looking absolutely miserable while holding a pitchfork, this is 100% worth your time tonight. People who love fast-talking 1930s dramas with zero logic will eat this up. But if you need your movie romances to make actual sense, you are going to hate this so much. The whole setup is ...
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William A. Wellman
Harley Knoles
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"If you want to see Barbara Stanwyck looking absolutely miserable while holding a pitchfork, this is 100% worth your time tonight. People who love fast-talking 1930s dramas with zero logic will eat this up. But if you need your movie romances to make actual sense, you are going to hate this so much. The whole setup is just incredibly silly. Stanwyck plays Joan, a torch singer who is trying to escape her annoying gangster ex-boyfriend. So, what does she do? She literally steals another woman's id..."
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Arthur Stringer, Robert Lord
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