A free-spirited bartender on a tropical island has a reputation as a "pagan lady", who hops from man to man and bed to bed. The young son of the island's fire-and-brimstone evangelist arrive... Read allA free-spirited bartender on a tropical island has a reputation as a "pagan lady", who hops from man to man and bed to bed. The young son of the island's fire-and-brimstone evangelist arrives on the island, falls in love with her, and proposes marriage. The proposal affects her i... Read allA free-spirited bartender on a tropical island has a reputation as a "pagan lady", who hops from man to man and bed to bed. The young son of the island's fire-and-brimstone evangelist arrives on the island, falls in love with her, and proposes marriage. The proposal affects her in a way she hadn't expected.
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- Belle the Barmaid
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- Snooper the Henchman
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- (uncredited)
- Gus the Sailor
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- TriviaBased on the Broadway play: Pagan Lady (1930). Drama. Written by William DuBois. Incidental music by Hall Johnson. Directed by John D. Williams. 48th Street Theatre: 20 Oct 1930- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/152 performances). Cast: Lenore Ulric (as "Dot Hunter"), Elise Bartlett, Leo Donnelly, Jane Ferrell, Thomas Findley (as "Malcolm Todd"), Russell Hardie (as "Dingo Mike"), Ralph Morris, Richard Terry, Franchot Tone (as "Ernest Todd"). Produced by Morris Green and Lewis E. Gensler. Produced in association with Erlanger Productions, Inc.
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Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: Well, what'll you have?
Dingo Mike: Oh, mix me a 'new life' cocktail.
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: A what?
Dingo Mike: New life. I s'pose you never heard of it? That's what comes of letting dames tend bar.
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: What's in it?
Dingo Mike: Well, first you take a little ice.
Dingo Mike: [she adds ice to a glass] A pecker of rye. You ain't sore about anything are you?
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: What else?
Dingo Mike: Hmmm, four dashes of sloe gin.
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: [she adds the gin] Sloe gin.
Dingo Mike: Some sherry brandy.
Dingo Mike: [she lifts a spoon] You don't have to measure it. Just pour it in.
Dingo Mike: Some Jamaica rum. Couple of dashes of that.
Dingo Mike: [she pours in the rum] Now let's see. Oh, yes, some Absinthe. That's about right. Now a little Kimmel to sweeten it.
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: How much Kimmel?
Dingo Mike: Oh, about a tablespoonful.
Dingo Mike: [she adds the Kimmel] Now, a little cream
Dingo Mike: [she pours in the cream] The white of an egg.
Dingo Mike: [she breaks the egg] Okay, you can leave the shell. Might as well leave the yoke in too.
Dingo Mike: Now, a little Cayenne pepper to give it a flavour.
Dingo Mike: [she adds the pepper] Okay. That's great.
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: Say, what did you call this?
Dingo Mike: New life.
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: Sounds more like sudden death to me.
Dingo Mike: Embalmed a fella with it once and he sat right up and sang!
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: You're sure you're going to drink this?
Dingo Mike: Certainly, I'm going to drink it. Hey, don''t shake it. You'll puddle it. Like to try a little of it yourself?
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: [she hands him the glass] Not me. There you are. That'll be eight bucks.
Dingo Mike: The regular price is two.
Dorothy 'Dot' Hunter: Two - if you drink it.
- Crazy creditsThe film's credits do not say that John Francis Dillon directed the film; instead, they say that the film is "A John Francis Dillon Production".
- Alternate versionsA silent ("International") version was produced, with intertitles replacing the English-language dialogue, accompanied by a music score of 73 musical selections.
Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on a dare. He drinks the concoction down in one swallow and also manages to outsmart Dot's boss and his rum-running hooligans. You see, Dingo is a bootlegger himself. He literally sweeps the lady off her feet and they set up housekeeping in a tropical hotel full of colorful characters, some of whom are in the bootlegging business too.
Dingo takes off for a business trip, and while he's gone a fire-breathing pastor and his nephew (Conrad Nagel), a rather reluctant pastor-to-be, take up residency in the hotel. Dot is bored so she decides to entertain herself by seducing the naive young pastor. Things don't work out like she planned.
The plot is really nothing to write home about. The main attraction is Brent's acting. She gave some rather uneven performances early on in talkies having originally been a silent actress, but she's really on her mark here as a gal who has probably had a tough time of it over the years and knows how to take any loss or setback on the chin. Just don't expect a big dose of Bickford here. He's terrific when he's on screen, but he disappears completely for about half of the film.
Honorable mention goes to Roland Young as an often intoxicated doctor who plays the part of peacemaker and counselor when he can, and to Leslie Fenton and Gwen Lee as battling bootlegger husband and wife.
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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