Gloria Swanson (Geraldine Trent), Ben Lyon (Tony Blake), Arthur Lake (Buster Collins), Barbara Kent (Joan Trent), Monroe Owlsley (Jim Woodward), Maude Eburne (Aunt Kate), Henry Kolker (Woodward), Nella Walker (Mrs Woodward), Harry Watson (baseball captain).
Director: Leo McCarey. Screenplay: Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Leo McCarey. Photography: Gregg Toland, Ray June. Film editor: Hal C. Kern. Art director: Richard Day. Costumes designed by René Hubert. Music director: Alfred Newman. Song, "Obey That Impulse" (Kent dubbed by Diana Gaylen) by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson. Production manager: James Dent. Assistant director: Harry Scott. Sound recording: Oscar Lagerstrom. Producers: Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson. Executive producer: Joseph M. Schenck.
Copyright 6 April 1931 by Feature Productions, Inc. Released by United Artists. New York opening at the Rialto: 6 May 1931. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. 10 reels. 92 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Girl doesn't want to tell her fiancé about her previous live-in lover.
COMMENT: Gloria Swanson's fans are unlikely to cheer her efforts in this feeble vehicle in which she is easily outshone not only by every other member of the cast, but also by just about very prop including the villain's golf bag! The problem is that she looks far too old for the part and has lost all the powerhouse appeal she exhibited ten years earlier when she captivated audiences in Male and Female and The Affairs of Anatol.
Here, she looks so dumpy and unattractive, it's hard to swallow the plot. Her clothes, her make-up, her acting style are all a dead loss. Oddly, it's only her singing voice that registers.
Never mind, the other players shape up as no great shakes either, though compared to La Swanson, they seem very modern models of histrionic aptitude. And as for the technical credits, neither McCarey's direction nor the contributions of the photographer, the art director, the film editor and the costumer ever rise above the mediocre. Even the music score contributed by the famed songwriting team, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson (who also produced), seems distinctly second-rate. In short, this Indiscreet packs in lots of curiosity appeal, but little else.
Director: Leo McCarey. Screenplay: Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Leo McCarey. Photography: Gregg Toland, Ray June. Film editor: Hal C. Kern. Art director: Richard Day. Costumes designed by René Hubert. Music director: Alfred Newman. Song, "Obey That Impulse" (Kent dubbed by Diana Gaylen) by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson. Production manager: James Dent. Assistant director: Harry Scott. Sound recording: Oscar Lagerstrom. Producers: Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson. Executive producer: Joseph M. Schenck.
Copyright 6 April 1931 by Feature Productions, Inc. Released by United Artists. New York opening at the Rialto: 6 May 1931. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. 10 reels. 92 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Girl doesn't want to tell her fiancé about her previous live-in lover.
COMMENT: Gloria Swanson's fans are unlikely to cheer her efforts in this feeble vehicle in which she is easily outshone not only by every other member of the cast, but also by just about very prop including the villain's golf bag! The problem is that she looks far too old for the part and has lost all the powerhouse appeal she exhibited ten years earlier when she captivated audiences in Male and Female and The Affairs of Anatol.
Here, she looks so dumpy and unattractive, it's hard to swallow the plot. Her clothes, her make-up, her acting style are all a dead loss. Oddly, it's only her singing voice that registers.
Never mind, the other players shape up as no great shakes either, though compared to La Swanson, they seem very modern models of histrionic aptitude. And as for the technical credits, neither McCarey's direction nor the contributions of the photographer, the art director, the film editor and the costumer ever rise above the mediocre. Even the music score contributed by the famed songwriting team, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson (who also produced), seems distinctly second-rate. In short, this Indiscreet packs in lots of curiosity appeal, but little else.