Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Running time: 97 minutes
Songs:
Why Don't You Take Me.
Cast:
Marion Davies, Billie Dove, Robert Montgomery, James Gleason, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts,
Ted Healy.
Synopsis:
Blondie (Marion Davies) and her best friend Lottie (Billie Dove) live in a tenement in New
York. Molly meets a handsome playboy (Montgomery) who sets her up in the follies. Changing
her name to Lurlene, Lottie returns to flaunt her new lifestyle. Blondie returns with
Lurlene to her penthouse and meets Montgomery herself. There is a mutual attraction and
you know what happens next. Lurlene is furious and makes Blondie promise that she'll stay
away from Montgomery.
There is a wild party in Blondie's apartment. In a hilarious moment, Davies and Durante do
a "wicked" take-off of Barrymore and Garbo in "Grand Hotel". Marion,
always the gifted impersonator, throws her head back and says "I van to be
alone...."
Blondie's in the follies now, much to Lurlene's disgust. Enraged with jealousy, Lurlene
tries to kill Blondie in the middle of a dangerous stunt on stage. Blondie survives but is
crippled. Blondie gives a heart tugging good-bye speech to her stage friends as she is
forced to move back home to the tenement.
Montgomery (and a bevy of doctors from around the country) invade Blondie's home in the
middle of the night with news that her legs can be operated on and she has a chance of
walking once again. The film ends with Blondie happily weeping in Montgomery's arms.