Clara Bow's films are not the most artistic but she makes them good because of her naturalness and charm. She was never treated with much respect by Paramount - "No Limit", a film where Clara becomes (unwittingly) a hostess of a penthouse casino was released in the middle of all her own gambling woes - talk about being insensitive!!! It was also hard for her female chum in the film. Beautiful Dixie Lee, who played Dodo, probably thought her career was going to be bigger than it was. She had just married Bing Crosby then 2 weeks later she signed to do "No Limit" and was on the train to New York - she would not have been very happy!!
The opening shots of New York and the subway are just amazing - I think it was very unusual for films made at that time to have so many authentic outdoor locations. Bunny (Clara Bow looks astonishingly beautiful) and Dodo (darling Dixie Lee) are cinema usherettes - Harry Green is their tiresomely unfunny boss. I didn't notice him being so bad in "True to the Navy" (1930). The film playing is "Fighting Caravans" with Gary Cooper and Ole Olson (Stuart Erwin) is a persistent patron with eyes only for Bunny. She won't give him the time of day but has a big crush on oily Douglas Thayer (Norman Foster). Foster is pretty charmless in his role - it is hard to understand what Bunny saw in him. Foster soon moved on to directing.
Ole inherits a penthouse and a Rolls Royce from his uncle, although the lawyer advises him to sell it - with good reason as it is really a front for a casino. When Ole goes on a cruise he gives the keys to Bunny, letting her stay there. He knows nothing about the gambling!!! When Bunny arrives, with Dodo, at the apartment things are in full swing and she is mistaken for the hostess - which she plays to the hilt, once she sees her crush at the blackjack table.
"Do you like Monte Carlo"? "I'm just crazy about "Monte Carlo" - I liked it much more than "The Love Parade" - oh, you mean that Monte Carlo". From her remarks he thinks she is a sophisticated woman of the world and a gold-digger, and proceeds to romance her - Bunny falls for it hook, line and sinker. After a misunderstanding they decide to marry, although he hasn't changed ("here's to a short marriage and a happy one", "there's always divorce")!!! In reality he is a jewel thief and the law soon catches up with him.
Clara is just grand - she improved with each talking film she made and, who knows, could have gone on to a second career in talking films if she hadn't decided to retire. Thelma Todd also has a small but showy part as the jewel laden movie star Betty Royce.
Recommended.
The opening shots of New York and the subway are just amazing - I think it was very unusual for films made at that time to have so many authentic outdoor locations. Bunny (Clara Bow looks astonishingly beautiful) and Dodo (darling Dixie Lee) are cinema usherettes - Harry Green is their tiresomely unfunny boss. I didn't notice him being so bad in "True to the Navy" (1930). The film playing is "Fighting Caravans" with Gary Cooper and Ole Olson (Stuart Erwin) is a persistent patron with eyes only for Bunny. She won't give him the time of day but has a big crush on oily Douglas Thayer (Norman Foster). Foster is pretty charmless in his role - it is hard to understand what Bunny saw in him. Foster soon moved on to directing.
Ole inherits a penthouse and a Rolls Royce from his uncle, although the lawyer advises him to sell it - with good reason as it is really a front for a casino. When Ole goes on a cruise he gives the keys to Bunny, letting her stay there. He knows nothing about the gambling!!! When Bunny arrives, with Dodo, at the apartment things are in full swing and she is mistaken for the hostess - which she plays to the hilt, once she sees her crush at the blackjack table.
"Do you like Monte Carlo"? "I'm just crazy about "Monte Carlo" - I liked it much more than "The Love Parade" - oh, you mean that Monte Carlo". From her remarks he thinks she is a sophisticated woman of the world and a gold-digger, and proceeds to romance her - Bunny falls for it hook, line and sinker. After a misunderstanding they decide to marry, although he hasn't changed ("here's to a short marriage and a happy one", "there's always divorce")!!! In reality he is a jewel thief and the law soon catches up with him.
Clara is just grand - she improved with each talking film she made and, who knows, could have gone on to a second career in talking films if she hadn't decided to retire. Thelma Todd also has a small but showy part as the jewel laden movie star Betty Royce.
Recommended.