Monday, December 5, 2011

Born To Be Bad (1934)

I really enjoyed this script, it had a lot of potential to be a great movie!

A young Cary Grant plays Malcom Trevor a rich CEO who has everything in life except for a child. His wife is infertile.

A young and beautiful Loretta Young plays Letty Strong, a tough night club singer who has learned that in order to be successful in life you have to lie, cheat and steal. Unfortunately she has taught her 7 year old "Mickey" that this is the best way to live your life. Letty had Mickey when she was only 15 years old. An older man named Fuzzy took her into his home for a few years until she could get back on her feet. I only mention Fuzzy because it is the first time I have seen actor Henry Travers in any other role besides the angel Clarence in Its a Wonderful Life.

This 60 min movie is really kind of flat, I give it 2 stars. Young is the star not Grant. Grant is still learning how to act in this one. Young loses her child to the court system because she is unfit to be a mother. She tries to seduce Grant in a dirty scheme to win back her child, but in the end she realizes that her child is best left to be raise by Grant and his wife. I could not find a trailer for this one on youtube.

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