A charming comedy-drama that tugs at the heart in Runyonesque fashion--it's not surprising that screenwriter Swerling was tapped, many years later, to adapt Runyon's short stories for the Broadway smash "Guys and Dolls." Robson is a drunken vagrant who is hauled before night-court judge
Connolly for wrecking a bar. Pryor is the son of an old swain of Robson's and he talks Connolly into dropping the drunk and disorderly charges and allowing Robson to go to an old ladies' home. That same evening, Lombard, a Sally Rand-type of fan dancer, is arrested for a lewd and lascivious public
performance. Mother's Day is coming up and Lombard's press agent, Walburn, suggests th...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
74 mins