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She Had to Say Yes
She Had to Say Yes

She Had to Say Yes (1933)

58% User Rating
1h 5min
Romance
Drama

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with "volunteers" from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their "dates", boyfriends become unhappy, and the "voluntary" duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.

Busby BerkeleyDirector

Cast

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Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Florence 'Flo' Denny

Winnie Lightner

Winnie Lightner

Maizee

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Daniel 'Danny' Drew

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Tommy Nelson

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Luther Haines

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Sol Glass

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Suzanne Kilborn

Birdie Reynolds

Helen Ware

Helen Ware

Mrs. Haines

Harold Waldridge

Harold Waldridge

Glass' Office Boy

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Mr. Bernstein (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Cabaret Patron (uncredited)

Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

Mr. Goran (uncredited)

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Donna Mae Roberts

Woman Slapping Luther (uncredited)

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Barbara Rogers

Model (uncredited)

Renee Whitney

Renee Whitney

Customer Girl with Tommy and Birdie (uncredited)

Pat Wing

Pat Wing

Model (uncredited)

Toby Wing

Toby Wing

Model (uncredited)

Reviews (1)

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F
Frank F
Rating 70%

April 12, 2018

An excellent pre-code era film that illustrates the pressure for women to use their sex to help their boss, but becoming a "bad woman" by doing so. In addition, it illustrates that men are expected to be promiscuous while women are expected to be virgins. The greatest shortcoming of the film is imposed of the norms of the period: Loretta, like every woman, has to forgive any outrageous and even violent behaviour by a sexually aggressive male and to assume that it is really her fault.

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