Femmes de luxe

Original title: Ladies of Leisure

1930
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1h 39m

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An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.

Director
- Frank Capra
Writers
- Milton Herbert Gropper
- Jo Swerling
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Director
- Frank Capra
Writers
- Milton Herbert Gropper
- Jo Swerling
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Trivia
According to Frank Capra's autobiographical book, he dismissed using Barbara Stanwyck when their interview went badly. Frank Fay, Stanwyck's husband at the time, called Capra up, furious over Stanwyck's having come home from the interview, crying. Capra blamed Stanwyck, saying she acted like she didn't even want the part. Fay responded, "Frank, she's young, and shy, and she's been kicked around out here. Let me show you a test she made at Warner's." (The test was for "The Noose," a Broadway play Stanwyck starred in and also a film made without Stanwyck in 1928 by John Francis Dillon for First National.) Capra was so impressed that he left the screening immediately to get Harry Cohn, who ran Columbia, to sign up Stanwyck as quickly as possible.

Goofs
Although the onscreen credits state "Adapted from A David Belasco-Milton Herbert Gropper stage play," only Gropper was the author of the play; Belasco produced it.

Quotes
Bill Standish: Ever done any posing before?
Kay Arnold: I'm always posing.
Bill Standish: How do you spend your nights?
Kay Arnold: Re-posing.

Alternate versions
Columbia simultaneously released "Ladies of Leisure" in both sound and silent versions.

Connections
Featured in The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)

Soundtracks
Misterioso Agitato
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Smith

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Featured review

6/10

Avoid the silent version if possible

Reviews of this film do not make clear that it apparently is available in both sound and silent versions. The version of this film borrowed from our local library was the silent version as apparently this film was Capra's 2nd talkie and last silent (per Moviediva web site). It had a very distracting soundtrack that did not match the moods on the screen at all. Still, if you are a Capra or Stanwyck fan, the silent version is better than none at all and worth the time. Hopefully, I will be able to see a sound version on Turner or AMC.