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28 January 1933 (USA) morePlot:
Unemployed Bill and Toodles move in with Alabama to share expenses. Bill is hired by a gangster's mistress... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
Doug Hits The Silk moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | ... | Bill Keller |
 | Bette Davis | ... | Patricia 'Alabama' Brent |
 | Frank McHugh | ... | Toodles Cooper |
| Claire Dodd | ... | Mrs. Newberry |
| Leo Carrillo | ... | Kurt Weber |
| Harold Huber | ... | Steve Donovan |
| Thomas E. Jackson | ... | Detective Lt. Coffey |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lyle Talbot | ... | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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In 1962, producer-director Robert Aldrich was preparing the prologue to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). He chose a scene from this film and Ex-Lady (1933) to document the fact that the young Jane was a flop as a movie star. moreSoundtrack:
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Frank McHugh are a pair of newly discharged Marine fliers who can't find work in Depression era New York. Fairbanks meets similarly situated Bette Davis and the three of them move in together for economy sake only.
In the meantime Doug gets a job as a chauffeur to Claire Dodd, moll to gangster Leo Carrillo. Carrillo takes a liking to Doug when he catches him with Dodd and Fairbanks shows some coolness under fire. He starts Doug working for him now in his business.
This looks like a film again meant for James Cagney with possibly Edward G. Robinson as the gangster. Still Fairbanks does carry off the part.
Bette Davis hated this film with good reason. She's in a part that either Glenda Farrell or Joan Blondell would normally be doing. She affects a nice southern drawl as befits her character of Alabama. I guess it was a learning experience because she put away the drawl and brought it out again for greater effectiveness in Jezebel.
Even with such good players, the film is definitely one of Warner Brothers B products and does kind of fray around the edges.