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Havana Widows

  • 19331933
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
493
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Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell in Havana Widows (1933)
  • Comedy
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
493
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  • Director
    • Ray Enright
  • Writer
    • Earl Baldwin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joan Blondell
    • Glenda Farrell
    • Guy Kibbee
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ray Enright
  • Writer
    • Earl Baldwin(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Joan Blondell
    • Glenda Farrell
    • Guy Kibbee
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, and Mildred Dixon in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell in Havana Widows (1933)
    Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, and Guy Kibbee in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, and Frank McHugh in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell and Guy Kibbee in Havana Widows (1933)
    Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, and Frank McHugh in Havana Widows (1933)
    Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell in Havana Widows (1933)

    Top cast

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    Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    • Mae Knight
    Glenda Farrell
    Glenda Farrell
    • Sadie Appleby
    Guy Kibbee
    Guy Kibbee
    • Deacon R. Jones
    Allen Jenkins
    Allen Jenkins
    • Herman Brody
    Lyle Talbot
    Lyle Talbot
    • Bob Jones
    Frank McHugh
    Frank McHugh
    • Duffy
    Ruth Donnelly
    Ruth Donnelly
    • Emily Jones
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    Hobart Cavanaugh
    • Mr. Otis
    Ralph Ince
    Ralph Ince
    • G.W. 'Butch' O'Neill
    Maude Eburne
    Maude Eburne
    • Mrs. Ryan--Landlady
    George Cooper
    George Cooper
    • Paymaster Mullins
    Charles C. Wilson
    Charles C. Wilson
    • Mr. Timberg
    • (as Charles Wilson)
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Second Taxi Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Florine Baile
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    • Ship Captain
    • (uncredited)
    Mildred Dixon
    Mildred Dixon
    • Nightclub Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Noel Francis
    Noel Francis
    • Gladys Gable
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Keane
    Edward Keane
    • El Havana Hotel Desk Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ray Enright
    • Writer
      • Earl Baldwin(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      When Sadie tells Mae that the surest place to find Duffy is at "Sloppy Moe's" - that is undoubtedly a reference to the original Sloppy Joe's Bar in Old Havana, Cuba. Financially devastated by the 1959 revolution and finally closed by a fire in the 1960's, it has been restored and reopened in 2013.
    • Goofs
      When the girls arrive in Havana, Glenda's scarf/collar keeps changing the way it is draped, buttoned over the left, and buttoned over the right, back and forth, several times.
    • Quotes

      Mae Knight: I was laid off for turning down a stag affair in Passaic.

      Sadie Appleby: Well, I don't blame ya. We've still got a little pride left. You're not so low you have to let 'em throw pennies at ya!

      Mae Knight: Throw 'em? In Passaic, they use slinghots.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Complicated Women (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Pretty Lady
      (uncredited)

      Music by Harry Warren

      Played during the opening chorus line scene

    User reviews14

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Misses Blondell & Farrell Go Cuban For Comedy
    Two hard-luck but crafty ladies decide to act like HAVANA WIDOWS by sailing to Cuba to meet & blackmail rich gentlemen...

    This was the sort of ephemeral comic frippery which the studios produced quite effortlessly during the 1930's. Well made & highly enjoyable, Depression audiences couldn't seem to get enough of these popular, funny photo dramas.

    Joan Blondell & Glenda Farrell are perfectly cast as the frantic, fast-talking females who will go to great lengths to make a little dishonest dough. Although Joan gets both top billing and the romantic scenes, both gals are as talented & watchable as they are gorgeous.

    Handsome Lyle Talbot plays Joan's persistent suitor, but he's given relatively little to do. Chubby, cherubic Guy Kibbee appears as the girls' intended target. Whether awakening to find himself in the wrong bed or being chased across the roof of a Cuban hacienda in his long johns, he is equally hilarious. Behind him comes a rank of character actors - Allen Jenkins, Frank McHugh, Ruth Donnelly, Hobart Cavanaugh, Maude Eburne, Dewey Robinson - all equally adept at pleasing the toughest crowd.

    Movie mavens will recognize an uncredited James Murray as the suspicious bank teller with the forged check. This very talented actor was pulled out of complete obscurity to star in King Vidor's THE CROWD (1928), one of the silent era's most prestigious films. Hopes were high for a great career, but his celebrity faded quickly with sound pictures. After a long string of tiny roles & bit parts, broke & destitute, his life ended in the waters of a New York river in 1936. He was only 35 years old.

    While never stars of the first rank, Joan Blondell (1906-1979) & Glenda Farrell (1904-1971) enlivened scores of films at Warner Bros. throughout the 1930's, especially the eight in which they appeared together. Whether playing gold diggers or working girls, reporters or secretaries, these blonde & brassy ladies were very nearly always a match for whatever leading man was lucky enough to share equal billing alongside them. With a wisecrack or a glance, their characters showed they were ready to take on the world - and any man in it. Never as wickedly brazen as Paramount's Mae West, you always had the feeling that, tough as they were, Blondell & Farrell used their toughness to defend vulnerable hearts ready to break over the right guy. While many performances from seven decades ago can look campy or contrived today, these two lovely ladies are still spirited & sassy.
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    • Ron Oliver
    • Jun 3, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Viúvas de Havana
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • First National Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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