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7.1/10   117 votes
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Director:
Frank Borzage
Writers:
Viña Delmar (novel) and
Edwin J. Burke (writer)
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Release Date:
13 August 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
VINA DELMAR'S novel of New York Life - BAD GIRL
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Slice of Life Depression Era Drama more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Sally Eilers ... Dorothy Haley
James Dunn ... Eddie Collins
Minna Gombell ... Edna Driggs
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Darien ... Lathrop
Paul Fix ... Nervous Expectant Father
Sarah Padden ... Mrs. Gardner
William Pawley ... Jim Haley
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Despite the title there is no bad girl in the movie. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Manhattan Heartbeat (1940) more
Soundtrack:
Red Head more

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Slice of Life Depression Era Drama, 14 June 2009
8/10
Author: sunlily from Dallas, TX.

Bad Girl is included in the new Murnau/Borzage and Fox collection,and kudos to them for making it available! Though an excellent little slice of life film from the Depression Era, I definitely wouldn't say that it compares with Borzage's timeless silent romances, though Borzage's recurrent theme of love conquering all is here to.The lead actors,Sally Eilers, and James Dunn, both do fine jobs, especially Dunn, who paints a very realistic portrait of a "regular Joe", decent kind of a guy. His performance rings true, and he later made a comeback, winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.(1945) This is the story of a young couple's struggle to make it through marriage, finances, and becoming parents. The background story of what was considered "making it" in a poor economy is especially pertinent today. Dunn's character, Eddie Collins, thought it was opening his own radio shop, providing his wife with an elaborately furnished apartment, and getting her the best doctor for her delivery. Not so different from what young couples are facing today! The film is sometimes a bit too wordy, but the slang of the time is a hoot! As one of Borzage's smaller films, it's worth a watch.

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