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A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
Leo G. Carroll
- Phelps
- (as Leo Carroll)
Candy Candido
- Cafe Entertainer
- (as Candy and Coco)
Otto Heimel
- Cafe Entertainer
- (as Candy and Coco)
Hooper Atchley
- Intern with Dr. Briggs
- (uncredited)
Nellie Bly Baker
- Downstairs Laundress
- (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
- Short-Order Cook
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Meehan
- Viña Delmar
- Carey Wilson(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaOne of the first films to treat alcoholism as a serious problem, instead of a comic device.
- GoofsWhen the chauffeur driven car is pulling up to the estate at the beginning of the film; as you look through the rear window; you see only one person in the back seat. But on the next shot which is a side view of the back seat; there are now three people sitting tightly together in the back seat.
- Quotes
Sadie McKee Brennan: [showing off her bedroom] Here it is.
Opal: Lady, when you say, "I do take thee," how you take him.
Sadie McKee Brennan: [chuckles]
Opal: Got this all to yourself?
Sadie McKee Brennan: Yep, all to myself.
Opal: Always all to yourself?
Sadie McKee Brennan: Yep.
Opal: Well, a whole lot of us do a whole lot more for a whole lot less.
- ConnectionsFeatured in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- SoundtracksAll I Do Is Dream Of You
(1934) (uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Gene Raymond three times
Sung also by Earl Oxford in a show
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Great Conclusion
In Richley, New York, Sadie McKee (Joan Crawford) works as a maid in the Alderson mansion where her mother is the cook. When the son of their employee, the successful lawyer Michael Alderson (Franchot Tone) that was raised with her, returns from New York after two years, his family offers a dinner party to family and friends. While serving soup, Sadie hears the comments made by Michael about her boyfriend Tommy Wallace (Gene Raymond), who was fired from the Alderson factory accused of being a dishonest person. Sadie reacts and tells that they are insensitive. Sadie decides to flee with Tommy to New York to get married and find job. They befriend Opal (Jean Dixon) and she takes them to the low- budget boardinghouse where she lives. On the next morning, Sadie leaves the boardinghouse to seek a job and marry her beloved Tommy. But his next room neighbor Dolly Merrick (Esther Ralston) overhears him singing and seduces Tommy to travel with her in an itinerant show business. Sadie prepares to return home, but Opal convinces her to stay and finds a job of dancer in a nightclub. Ten days later, Sadie is helped by an alcoholic costumer to get rid of an abusive one and he invites her to join him at his table. She learns that he is the millionaire Jack Brennan (Edward Arnold) and his friend is Michael Alderson. When Michael patronizes her telling to leave Jack, she is still angry with Michael and stays with Jack that proposes to marry her. She accepts and is seen by the society as a gold-digger. But Sadie is still in love with Tommy. What will happen to her?
"Sadie McKee" is a Pre-Code drama with the story of a working girl in love with a rascal that marries a wealthy girl. The role is perfect for Joan Crawford. The amoral story has a great open conclusion where the viewer needs to guess the birthday wish of Michael. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Três Amores" ("Three Loves")
"Sadie McKee" is a Pre-Code drama with the story of a working girl in love with a rascal that marries a wealthy girl. The role is perfect for Joan Crawford. The amoral story has a great open conclusion where the viewer needs to guess the birthday wish of Michael. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Três Amores" ("Three Loves")
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- Vackra Sadie McKee
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- $612,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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