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Ladies of Leisure

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Wealthy artist Jerry Strong (Ralph Graves) offers a lift to Kay Arnold (Barbara Stanwyck), a weary woman rowing a boat in the river. Despite Kay's confession that she is a call girl, Jerry finds her striking and asks her to pose for him. During the sessions, Jerry's partying best friend, Bill Standish (Lowell Sherman), admires Kay and makes a play for her. Kay declines Bill's invitation to go away with him, having fallen for Jerry -- only to have Jerry's scandalized, stuffy parents intrude.
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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 11/22/2013
A continuous play of emotional urges, pinpointed by an unguarded actress and an entranced director Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 03/02/2013
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Steve D 04/30/2023 They should have given Barbara Stanwyck all the awards. HOW was this not even nominated? See more 12/14/2014 a rare not so good Capra's movie See more 06/25/2014 An extremely young Barbara Stanwyck plays a party girl who tricks her way into getting hired as an artist's model for a wealthy young man. Inevitably, they fall in love, but the father disapproves of his son's daliance with a woman of questionable virtue. Stanwyck is really magnificent, Ralph Graves not so much. His character is supposed to be gruff, but with a softer side that Stanwyck sees and falls for. The softer side really doesn't come across, and he ends up just seeming like a royal asshole. It compromises the film somewhat in that it's extremely difficult to see what she could be seeing in this guy. See more 07/20/2012 capra stanwyck pairing #1 pre-code talkie See more 08/07/2009 Great plot, and the two leads are magnificent but has some very slow and clunky parts and the supporting cast is less than superb. Other than that a pretty decent early Capra and has the spark of better things to come. See more Read all reviews
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Frank Capra

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Barbara Stanwyck

Kay Arnold

Ralph Graves

Jerry Strong

Marie Prevost

Dot Lamar

Lowell Sherman

Bill Standish

Nance O'Neil

Mrs. Strong
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Synopsis Wealthy artist Jerry Strong (Ralph Graves) offers a lift to Kay Arnold (Barbara Stanwyck), a weary woman rowing a boat in the river. Despite Kay's confession that she is a call girl, Jerry finds her striking and asks her to pose for him. During the sessions, Jerry's partying best friend, Bill Standish (Lowell Sherman), admires Kay and makes a play for her. Kay declines Bill's invitation to go away with him, having fallen for Jerry -- only to have Jerry's scandalized, stuffy parents intrude.
Director
Frank Capra
Producer
Harry Cohn
Production Co
Columbia Pictures
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 8, 2019
Runtime
1h 38m
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