Nice Women

Nice Women
Directed by Edwin H. Knopf
Produced by E.M. Asher
Written by Gladys Lehman (continuity)[1]
Richard Schaver (scenario editor)[1]
Screenplay by Edwin H. Knopf
Based on Nice Women, 1929 play
by William A Grew[1]
Starring Sidney Fox
Frances Dee
Alan Mowbray
Lucile Gleason
Russell Gleason
James Durkin
Music by Irving Bibo
Cinematography Charles J. Stumar
Edited by Robert Carlisle
Maurice Pivar (supervising film editor)[1]
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • November 28, 1931 (1931-11-28)
[1]
Running time
 68 or 72 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English

Nice Women is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film written and directed by Edwin H. Knopf. The film stars Sidney Fox, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason and James Durkin.[2][3][1] It was released by Universal Pictures on November 28, 1931.

The film is based on the Broadway play Nice Women by William A. Grew, which premiered at the Longacre Theatre on June 10, 1929 and closed in August 1929 after 64 performances.[4]

Plot

A young woman, Jerry Girard (Frances Dee) is pushed by her mother (Lucille Gleason) and family into accepting the marriage proposal of a millionaire, Mark Chandler (Alan Mowbray), who is the employer of her father (James Durkin). To do so, she has to drop the boy she really loves and promised to marry, Billy Wells (Russell Gleason), but her family is seeking to recover from their financial woes and find security. When the millionaire finds out the real situation, he releases her from her vow and gives the young couple a $5000 wedding gift. He then leaves for Europe with an old flame, Dorothy Drew (Carmel Myers).

Cast

Reception

The review in The New York Times called the film a "puerile story of a frustrated romance" and a "sorry affair" caused by "too many studio cooks", and points out "the plain fact of its mediocrity..." The reviewer also reports that the audience seemed indifferent to the film.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nice Women at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. ↑ "Nice Women (1931) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  3. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Nice Women (1932) - Edwin H. Knopf | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  4. ↑ Nice Women at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. ↑ "A.D.S." (February 20, 1932) "A Match-Making Mother." The New York Times


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