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Ladies They Talk About (1933)

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Attractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.

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25 January 2017 | atlasmb
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| A Simple Story With Stanwyck Starring
Don't expect much in the way of pre-Code titillation with this simple film adapted from a play. What you do get is a starring vehicle for Barbara Stanwyck, who plays the moll of a gang who robs banks.

After being apprehended, she is sent to San Quentin, where she learns to live with prison rules and the social structure there. She's a tough cookie, always looking to assert herself, even on her first day of captivity.

Except for the presence of guards, life as depicted in the women's prison is much like "Stage Door", with a leisurely, genial attitude. Comic touches abound in this film, like the scene where one inmate sings to a headshot of Joe E. Brown, of all people.

While Stanwyck is strong in her role and Preston Foster is solid in his briefer portrayal of the revivalist who never gives up on her, "Ladies They Talk About" has a story too simple to challenge the viewer or, for that matter, the actors themselves. And the drama is minimal.

But it's fun to see Stanwyck in one of her earlier films.

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Trivia

Nan says "I must have a swell pan. Everybody's remembering me these days." "Pan" became an American slang term for "face" in the early 1920s, as in the term "deadpan" meaning "no facial expression".

Quotes

Nan Taylor: I may be outta here myself, before long.
Lefty: What do you mean out? Your parole ain't due for eight or nine months yet.
Nan Taylor: Yeah, but I might be able to use that Slade sap in some way?
Lefty: You didn't have much luck with him last time.
Nan Taylor: I'll handle him different next ...

Goofs

In the overview shot of San Quentin, smoke is pouring out of a smokestack on the right when it suddenly, completely disappears in the last second of the shot.

Soundtracks

St. Louis Blues
(1914) (uncredited)
Written by W.C. Handy
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Sung offscreen by Etta Moten in a prison sequence

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Genres

Crime | Drama | Romance

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Release Date:

4 February 1933

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

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