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Ladies They Talk About (1933)

Ladies They Talk About (1933)
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One of the earliest girls-in-prison yarns, Ladies They Talk About has everything but Ida Lupino as the warden--and had she been in Hollywood at the time, she would probably be here as well. Gun moll Barbara Stanwyck is thrown into San Quentin (which looks more like a summer resort than a house of detention), thanks to her involvement in a bank robbery and the machinations of D.A./preacher David Slade (Preston Foster). It isn't political ambition that motivates Slade: he's in love with Stanwyck, and hopes that her incarceration will rehabilitate her. Instead, Stanwyck becomes a hard-bitten prison-block leader, spearheading a jailbreak. When things go awry, she holds Slade responsible. Upon her release, she goes gunning for Slade, and doesn't realize that she's really in love with him until she nearly puts him six feet under. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Barbara StanwyckPreston S. Foster, (more)
Director(s):
William KeighleyHoward P. Bretherton, (more)
 
 
 
 

Synopsis of Ladies They Talk About

One of the earliest girls-in-prison yarns, Ladies They Talk About has everything but Ida Lupino as the warden--and had she been in Hollywood at the time, she would probably be here as well. Gun moll Barbara Stanwyck is thrown into San Quentin (which looks more like a summer resort than a house of detention), thanks to her involvement in a bank robbery and the machinations of D.A./preacher David Slade (Preston Foster). It isn't political ambition that motivates Slade: he's in love with Stanwyck, and hopes that her incarceration will rehabilitate her. Instead, Stanwyck becomes a hard-bitten prison-block leader, spearheading a jailbreak. When things go awry, she holds Slade responsible. Upon her release, she goes gunning for Slade, and doesn't realize that she's really in love with him until she nearly puts him six feet under. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Director(s):
William KeighleyHoward P. Bretherton
Writer(s):
William McGrathSid SutherlandBrown Holmes
Producer(s):
Raymond Griffith
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Megan E.

While the film's ending is a bit far-fetched, the 30's time-period is portrayed quite well, including the parallels to the real-life police corruption vs. crusading preacher of 30's Los Angeles. Worth watching

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