Bad Girl

1931
U
1h 30m

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Two adolescents fall in love and are wed, but misunderstandings born from a lack of trust and communication haunt their marriage.Two adolescents fall in love and are wed, but misunderstandings born from a lack of trust and communication haunt their marriage.Two adolescents fall in love and are wed, but misunderstandings born from a lack of trust and communication haunt their marriage.

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6.4/10

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Won 2 Oscars
- 6 wins & 1 nomination total

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James Dunn

Eddie Collins

Sally Eilers

Dorothy Haley

Minna Gombell

Edna Driggs

Frank Darien

Lathrop

William Pawley

Jim Haley

Paul Fix

Nervous Expectant Father

Frank Austin

Upstairs Tenement Neighbor
(uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Expectant Father
(uncredited)

William Bailey

Expectant Father of Twins
(uncredited)

Sue Borzage

Unknown
(uncredited)

Jesse De Vorska

Expectant Father
(uncredited)

Bud Eilers

Man Outside Candy Shop
(uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Male Nurse
(uncredited)

Aggie Herring

Seamstress
(uncredited)

Claude King

Dr. Burgess
(uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Mr. Thompson
(uncredited)

Sarah Padden

Mrs. Gardner
(uncredited)

Lorin Raker

Male Nurse
(uncredited)

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Interesting, but Far From Borzage's Best

An interesting little Borzage love story set during the Depression, detailing the struggles of young couple (Sally Eilers & James Dunn) with their hopes and dreams. Curiously Borzage won his second Oscar as Best Director for this oddly heady little movie and that's perhaps the only reason to watch it. It works as a timepiece of its era. But I definitely wouldn't call "Bad Girl" one of Borzage's best romances (in many ways it strikes me as turgid and unaffecting in several moments, and I didn't like the ending), but it is definitely worth catching if you are fan or a student of the director's sublime and unheralded oeuvre.

Kalaman
Sep 6, 2003
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Trivia
William Pawley played the role of Dorothy's brother in the stage version, and reprises his role here in the film.

Goofs
At 2:54, shadow of boom mic is visible across Dot's face.

Quotes
Dorothy Haley: I gotta go upstairs now. You see, my mother's dead, and my brother's boss of the house. He gets sore when I stay out late. You know, he's careful for me. But as Edna says, you can't watch a girl hard enough to keep her good if she don't want to be.