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Hot Saturday

  • 19321932
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
  • Drama
  • Romance
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
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  • Director
    • William A. Seiter
  • Writers
    • Seton I. Miller(screen play by)
    • Josephine Lovett(adapted by)
    • Joseph Moncure March(adapted by)
  • Stars
    • Cary Grant
    • Nancy Carroll
    • Randolph Scott
Top credits
  • Director
    • William A. Seiter
  • Writers
    • Seton I. Miller(screen play by)
    • Josephine Lovett(adapted by)
    • Joseph Moncure March(adapted by)
  • Stars
    • Cary Grant
    • Nancy Carroll
    • Randolph Scott
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    • 26User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Randolph Scott and Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Randolph Scott, Jane Darwell, Nancy Carroll, Rose Coghlan, and William Collier Sr. in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Cary Grant and Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Cary Grant and Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, and Edward Woods in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Cary Grant and Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Nancy Carroll and Edward Woods in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Randolph Scott and Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
    Cary Grant and Nancy Carroll in Hot Saturday (1932)
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    Hot Saturday (1932)
    Cary Grant in Hot Saturday (1932)

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    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    • Romer Sheffieldas Romer Sheffield
    Nancy Carroll
    Nancy Carroll
    • Ruth Brockas Ruth Brock
    Randolph Scott
    Randolph Scott
    • William Arthur 'Bill' Faddenas William Arthur 'Bill' Fadden
    Edward Woods
    Edward Woods
    • Connie Billopas Connie Billop
    Lilian Bond
    Lilian Bond
    • Eva Randolphas Eva Randolph
    • (as Lillian Bond)
    William Collier Sr.
    William Collier Sr.
    • Harry Brockas Harry Brock
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    • Ida Brockas Ida Brock
    Stanley Smith
    Stanley Smith
    • Joeas Joe
    Rita La Roy
    Rita La Roy
    • Camille Renaultas Camille Renault
    Rose Coghlan
    • Annie Brockas Annie Brock
    Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    • Mr. Randolphas Mr. Randolph
    Jessie Arnold
    Jessie Arnold
    • Aunt Minnieas Aunt Minnie
    Grady Sutton
    Grady Sutton
    • Archieas Archie
    Nora Cecil
    Nora Cecil
    • Gossip on Telephoneas Gossip on Telephone
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Engle
    Billy Engle
    • Third Bank Customeras Third Bank Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Kenner G. Kemp
    Kenner G. Kemp
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Marjorie Main
    Marjorie Main
    • Gossip in Windowas Gossip in Window
    • (uncredited)
    Dave O'Brien
    Dave O'Brien
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William A. Seiter
    • Writers
      • Seton I. Miller(screen play by)
      • Josephine Lovett(adapted by)
      • Joseph Moncure March(adapted by)
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    Storyline

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    Bank employee Ruth Brock has a reputation around town for being fast-and-easy but none of the panting suitors has made her yet. She disillusions them one after the other, but the last lad is a bad sport and starts a gossip scandal, among the hens and roosters, about her and a millionaire playboy and Ruth loses her job. Figuring that as long as she has the name, she might as well play the game, she looks him up. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
    • pre code
    • lies
    • thunderstorm
    • cave
    • going away to get married
    • 38 more
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    • Taglines
      • ...when her cheating found her out...she sought to make marriage cover her sins! (original ad)
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • Approved
    • Parents guide
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was Cary Grant's first role as a leading man.
    • Goofs
      When Conny Billop signs his name in Ruth's date planner, he spells it "Connie", but in the credits the character's name is listed as Conny.
    • Quotes

      Ruth Brock: Is Listerine good for brains?

      Romer Sheffield: Love they tell me is better.

    • Crazy credits
      (Opening titles) Marysville boasted of one bank, two fire engines, four street cars, and a busy telephone exchange. Everyone knew on Sunday what everyone else did on Saturday... and the rest of the week.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Isn't It Romantic?
      (uncredited)

      Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

      Heard on soundtrack when Carroll arrives at Grant's house.

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    Top review
    8/10
    Great scenes, sets, photography, and interactions...loved it
    Hot Saturday (1932)

    There are a few early Cary Grant movies where he has a small role, or where he isn't quite the "Cary Grant" we have come to expect (and which he always jokingly said he wanted to become himself). But this one is pure, true Grant, and very early, indeed. But even better, the plot, the mise-en-scene (including town scenes, domestic situations, and a range of outdoor stuff at the lake including a bohemian roadhouse on the water), and the photography are amazing. I mean amazing. There are a few stumbles in the acting, but you get so swept along, and so continually surprised, this won't matter much at all.

    The director of all this gets a huge amount of credit, because William Seiter who pulls the best out of the cast and the crew, equally--and who presumably helped choose some terrific location shots as well as matching studio scenes. Seiter was a Hollywood working man director, doing lesser A-list films and making them decent, though none that I've seen (a small fraction of a huge output from the 20s to the 40s) has the energy and flair of this one. And this is an unsung one, definitely worth seeking out.

    Likewise, Arthur Todd behind the camera did a dumpload of good if unamazing films, and so it was with the music and set design. But the leading lady is another story. Nancy Carroll really steals the show, even from Grant and the other leading male, the rather wooden and handsome Randolph Scott. She has a kind of live-wire, doll-face quality a little similar to Claudette Colbert, easily as amazing in this film. Carroll supposedly had more fan mail than any actress in this era of Hollywood, and was contracted with Paramount (which was the studio here). But she was so difficult to work with offscreen (rejecting many parts) they let her go, and her career slid, and she probably missed out on another higher kind of stardom.

    But here she is alive, sympathetic, and complex on screen. If Cary Grant isn't enough to lure you in, give Carroll her due.

    This is of course a pre-code film (widely advertised as such) and in fact the looseness of the events, the morality of the lead, and the suggestive scenes (never explicit) all help make this come alive. The dance and party scenes are so much fun you'll wish you were there, and the cave in the storm as well as the night scenes in the woods are pretty amazing, too. The end will prove, again, both the ability of pre-code films to touch on real life issues, and the need of even these kinds of films to have a moral compass by the end. The very last few seconds takes care of this.

    Great stuff. A huge surprise for me.
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    • Sep 24, 2011

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    • Release date
      • October 28, 1932 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sábado de juerga
    • Filming locations
      • Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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