In her film debut, Patricia Morison plays the doe eyed daughter (Mary Jane) who yearned for a young car salesman (Martin Griffith) that was regularly getting into scrapes with the law. Her father forbid her to have anything to do with him, unless she could prove he was worthy as a man and as a car salesman.
Is it worth the time? Honestly, it depends on how much you enjoy that specific brand of 1930s romantic melodrama. If you’re a fan of old black-and-white curiosities where the stakes are basically just “will he get a real job,” you’ll have a nice enough time. If you need something with a bit more grit or, you know, a pl...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
William A. Shilling
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth the time? Honestly, it depends on how much you enjoy that specific brand of 1930s romantic melodrama. If you’re a fan of old black-and-white curiosities where the stakes are basically just “will he get a real job,” you’ll have a nice enough time. If you need something with a bit more grit or, you know, a plot that doesn’t move at the speed of a parked sedan, you might want to skip it. Patricia Morison makes her debut here, and she’s got that wide-eyed, earnest look that just screams..."
John T. Dwyer
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Bruno Ziener
