Laughing Sinners

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Steve D The fundamentals are there but it is too goofy at times and Gable isn't given a lot to do. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Tidy little morality play is hokey at times but the star pair have chemistry to burn and both look great. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Laughing Sinners (1931) Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens is a night club dancer and singer, but has it bad for her traveling salesman boyfriend, Howard Palmer (Neil Hamilton). When Howard dumps poor Ivy for his rich bosses daughter, Ivy takes it hard and is about to jump off of a bridge when a very friendly Salvation Army man, Carl Loomis (Clark Gable) stops her and gives her something else to live for. Good-hearted Carl isn't preachy. He's fallen far from grace himself and can't judge anybody. When Ivy meets back up with Howard, who puts the moves on her, she regrets falling for his lines the next morning and doesn't feel worthy. Carl, true to form, doesn't blame Ivy, telling her that if she wants to go back with Howard and that will make her happy, that he's all for that, but she shouldn't feel like she's not worthy to come back to the Salvation Army, because we all fall from grace sometimes. Naturally, Carl doesn't feel the same for Howard and gives him a nice sock on the jaw. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The Kenyon Nicholson play Torch Song was the source for the Joan Crawford vehicle Laughing Sinners. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Joan is a nightclub entertainer who's dating a traveling salesman. When he dumps her to marry a wealthy woman, Joan plans to throw herself off a bridge, but is saved by a Salvation Army captain (an un-moustached Clark Gable). Even though Gable and Crawford had an affair that lasted for years, there's not much spark here, since they're friends, not lovers, until the last five seconds of the movie, when you see them put their arms around one another. But twenty-something Joan is beautiful, and it's a very short movie, so no harm, no foul. If you want to see sparks fly between the two, try "Strange Cargo" maybe, instead. This the is 51st of Joan's 81 films that I've seen. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member good pre-code early talkie crawford just shines. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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