Ladies They Talk About (1933)

Directors:

Howard Bretherton
William Keighley

Writers:

Dorothy Mackaye (play) &
Carlton Miles (play) ...

Release Date:

4 February 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Bank Robbery | African American | Confession Of Crime | District Attorney

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Nan Taylor, Alias of Nan Ellis, aka Mrs. Andrews
Preston Foster	...	David 'Dave' Slade (as Preston S. Foster)
Lyle Talbot	...	Gangster Don
Dorothy Burgess	...	'Sister' Susie
Lillian Roth	...	Prisoner Linda
Maude Eburne	...	Aunt Maggie
Ruth Donnelly	...	Prison Matron Noonan
Harold Huber	...	Lefty Simons
Robert McWade	...	District Attorney Walter Simpson

Also Known As:

Women in Prison

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1933) | USA:Unrated

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Film has some rather blatant and oddball plugs for Warner Brothers stars. In several scenes photos of Joe E. Brown (whom Lillian Roth sings to) and Dick Powell are seen in the women's cells.

Quotes:

Susie: Say, there isn't any punishment bad enough for you!
Nan Taylor: Yeah? Well, being penned up here with a daffodil like you comes awful close.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

St. Louis Blues

Lesbian Smokes a Cigar

Barbara Stanwyck, (Nan Taylor) plays the role of a gal who came from the school of hard knocks and has joined up with some gangsters and they plan to pull off a bank robbery. Nan acts as a decoy and convinces the bank guard to open up the bank early so she can make a deposit and carries in a small dog and hands it to the guard, and right behind her the gangsters friends follow in and rob the bank. A detective notices Nan in the bank and remembers her face from previous criminal events she got herself into and arrests her. Dave Slade,(Preston Foster) plays the role as a preacher politician, and remembers Nan from their childhood days and tries to free her of all the charges against her, however, Nan tells him the truth and she winds up in prison with plenty of women who are all a bunch of wild characters. There is even a butch lesbian who likes to smoke cigars and wrestle with other gals. This is a great classic film with veteran actor Lyle Talbot, (Gangster Dan) who breaks into Nan's cell along with her gangster friends in order to bring her back to their world of crime.