Directed by Raoul Walsh Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney
Charming turn-of-the-century romantic comedy gives Rita Hayworth her breakthrough role as the flirtatious town siren who gets her comeuppance when she ditches James Cagney for Jack Carson. Her best friend Olivia de Havilland) marries dentist Cagney after an unusual courtship which provides some amusing scenes. Rita shines but de Havilland walks off with the film.
De Havilland is not the title character in this engaging period piece about youth and love, but she more than holds her own as the independent, forthright Amy Lind. Rita Hayworth plays Virginia, Amy’s seductive best friend with the strawberry curls, and Jimmy Cagney the tough boy from the wrong side of the tracks who is smitten by Virginia. At the time this film was released, the 1890s were well within living memory, and a long sigh of nostalgia runs through the screenplay that brings the era to life.
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Charming turn-of-the-century romantic comedy gives Rita Hayworth her breakthrough role as the flirtatious town siren who gets her comeuppance when she ditches James Cagney for Jack Carson. Her best friend Olivia de Havilland) marries dentist Cagney after an unusual courtship which provides some amusing scenes. Rita shines but de Havilland walks off with the film.
De Havilland is not the title character in this engaging period piece about youth and love, but she more than holds her own as the independent, forthright Amy Lind. Rita Hayworth plays Virginia, Amy’s seductive best friend with the strawberry curls, and Jimmy Cagney the tough boy from the wrong side of the tracks who is smitten by Virginia. At the time this film was released, the 1890s were well within living memory, and a long sigh of nostalgia runs through the screenplay that brings the era to life.
Directed by Raoul Walsh Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney
Charming turn-of-the-century romantic comedy gives Rita Hayworth her breakthrough role as the flirtatious town siren who gets her comeuppance when she ditches James Cagney for Jack Carson. Her best friend Olivia de Havilland) marries dentist Cagney after an unusual courtship which provides some amusing scenes. Rita shines but de Havilland walks off with the film.
De Havilland is not the title character in this engaging period piece about youth and love, but she more than holds her own as the independent, forthright Amy Lind. Rita Hayworth plays Virginia, Amy’s seductive best friend with the strawberry curls, and Jimmy Cagney the tough boy from the wrong side of the tracks who is smitten by Virginia. At the time this film was released, the 1890s were well within living memory, and a long sigh of nostalgia runs through the screenplay that brings the era to life.
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Charming turn-of-the-century romantic comedy gives Rita Hayworth her breakthrough role as the flirtatious town siren who gets her comeuppance when she ditches James Cagney for Jack Carson. Her best friend Olivia de Havilland) marries dentist Cagney after an unusual courtship which provides some amusing scenes. Rita shines but de Havilland walks off with the film.
De Havilland is not the title character in this engaging period piece about youth and love, but she more than holds her own as the independent, forthright Amy Lind. Rita Hayworth plays Virginia, Amy’s seductive best friend with the strawberry curls, and Jimmy Cagney the tough boy from the wrong side of the tracks who is smitten by Virginia. At the time this film was released, the 1890s were well within living memory, and a long sigh of nostalgia runs through the screenplay that brings the era to life.
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