No More Ladies (1935)

Director:

Edward H. Griffith

Writers:

A.E. Thomas (play)
Donald Ogden Stewart (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 June 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

These Deep-Sea Divers are always in hot water...with the ladies!

Plot:

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous. |

Plot Keywords:

Playboy | Dog | Marriage Proposal | Womanizer | Charades

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Marcia Townsend Warren
Robert Montgomery	...	Sheridan Warren
Charles Ruggles	...	Edgar Holden (as Charlie Ruggles)
Franchot Tone	...	Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston
Edna May Oliver	...	Mrs. Fanny 'Grandma' Townsend
Gail Patrick	...	Therese Germane
Reginald Denny	...	Oliver Allen
Vivienne Osborne	...	Lady Diana Knowleton
Joan Fontaine	...	Caroline 'Carrie' Rumsey (as Joan Burfield)
Arthur Treacher	...	Lord 'Ducky' Knowleton
David Horsley	...	Mr. James McIntyre Duffy
Jean Chatburn	...	Sally French
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
E.J. Babille	...	Desk Clerk (as E.J. Babiel)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #89)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Rachel Crothers, who adapted the play for the screen, complained bitterly in an article about her work being butchered by producers and directors. M-G-M removed her credit from the film at her request.

Quotes:

Sheridan 'Sherry': And so they were married and lived unhappily ever afterwards.
Marcia Townsend Warren: I'll tell you one thing. It's going to be the most marvelous party in the world or it's going to be a Hell, so watch out.
Sheridan 'Sherry': I've always wondered if there really is a Hell.
Marcia Townsend Warren: Well, my lad, you'll have a sporting chance to find out.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

All I Do Is Dream Of You

Witty dialogue and a good supporting cast

The unoriginal plot, about a rich married couple dealing with problems of infidelity, is secondary here to the clever dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart, who wrote the screenplay to The Philadelphia Story, and to a strong supporing cast. Joan Crawford is fine, but Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone, fighting for Crawford's hand, wind up being nearly indistinguishable from each other, both in looks and in character. That leaves the supporting cast to rescue the film: Charles Ruggles has a fun bit as a slurring drunk and Arthur Treacher comes in at the end as a stuffy Brit who mumbles loudly and misuses American slang. Even Gail Patrick, who isn't normally given much to do in her man-stealing parts, is fine here. But the best is Edna May Oliver, playing the wise and witty matriarch--she steals every scene she's in and was the main reason I finished watching the movie.