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Bad Girl

Bad Girl

Romance · Drama · 1931

A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

Movie details

Bad Girl

“VINA DELMAR'S novel of New York Life”

1931 Romance · Drama 1h 30m

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Frank Borzage

Written by

Brian Marlow · Rudolf Sieber

James Dunn

James Dunn

Eddie Collins

Sally Eilers

Sally Eilers

Dorothy Haley

Minna Gombell

Minna Gombell

Edna Driggs

Frank Darien

Frank Darien

Lathrop

William Pawley

William Pawley

Jim Haley

Claude King

Claude King

Dr. Burgess

Louis Natheaux

Louis Natheaux

Mr. Thompson

Court is in session

Put Bad Girl on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.