The Working Man (1933)

Many years ago, a wealthy shoe manufacturer (George Arliss) lost the girl he loved to a business rival, both now deceased. When he runs into their daughter (Bette Davis) and son (Theodore Newton) he realizes the wild living youngsters are headed for trouble. So, he decides to help them whether they want him to or not! Based on the short story THE ADOPTED FATHER by Charles Kenyon and Maude T. Howell and directed by John C. Adolfi (THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD). I found this pre-code comedy delightful. Not great by any means but a pleasant romp. One doesn't normally think of George Arliss and comedy in the same sentence but he's very amusing here and young Bette Davis still in her ingenue phase makes for a lovely hedonist. Good fun! With Hardie Albright, Gordon Westcott and Douglass Dumbrille.