Set in Memphis, the owner of a riverboat casino (Joan Blondell) aspires to a life in high society. She decides to leave the gambling business and marry a socialite (Ray Middleton). The deal is for her to pay off his gambling debts and the back taxes of his family's once grand plantation. But she finds being accepted by society easier said than done. Directed by Leigh Jason (THE MAD MISS MANTON). A modest but congenial drama with bits of comedy occasionally tossed in. Joan Blondell had been a workhorse at Warner Brothers (she made 17 movies between 1932 and 1933) but this was her last film as the leading lady and she began segueing into character actress parts after this. She's wonderful in this, feisty and sassy and taking no crap from anyone, man or woman and she looks great as lovingly shot by cinematographer Norbert Brodine (KISS OF DEATH) and gowned by Walter Plunkett (GONE WITH THE WIND). With John Wayne, Blanche Yurka, Edith Barrett, Hattie Noel and Leonid Kinskey.
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